An inmate at Rikers Island prison died on Saturday, apparently from suicide, marking the 17th death there this year, surpassing last year's record.
Erick Tavira, 28, reportedly took his own life early Saturday morning, according to his lawyers. The New York Daily News reports that Tavira was arrested in June for attacking a teen boy without provocation and was being held on $20,000 bail. Tavira had been living in a homeless shelter at the time.
