11 People Have Now Died at Rikers Island in Less Than a Year

Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images By Kevin L. Clark ·September 22, 2021 Updated

Isa Abdul-Karim, 42, died at about 7:25 p.m. on Sunday in the North Infirmary Command after telling staff he wasn’t feeling well. Wheelchair-bound, the inmate was held in Rikers Island on a parole violation, and was being considered by officials for early release under The Less Is More Act.

While the New York City Department of Correction said it

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