NYC Department of Correction (DOC) said a 33-year-old man, Edwin Quispe, who was detained on Rikers Island has died.
Officials said that on the morning of July 22, a DOC officer observed a man in custody on the floor of a bathroom at the Eric M. Taylor Center. They said a medical emergency was declared and the officer provided aid to the man and medical staff responded but could not revive him. They said he was pronounced deceased at 8:28 a.m.
Officials said the department has notified the federal monitor, the Board of Correction, the State Attorney General’s Office, NYC Department of Investigation, the NYS Commission of Correction, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the various district attorneys…