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National
Graham Rayman

Rikers lapses contributed to 10 jail deaths in 2021 — report cites failure to check detainees, slow emergency responses, vacant posts

NEW YORK — An exhaustive report on 10 of the 16 deaths in 2021 in city jails details a range of staffing problems, systemic failures and mismanagement by jail staff that contributed to the fatalities.

The Board of Correction report focused on the six suicides and four overdoses last year and was based on interviews with detainees and staff, video surveillance and DOC and medical records.

Among the findings:

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