Thirteen detainees have died so far in city jails this year, following 16 fatalities last year, the highest total in decades.
The entrance to Rikers Island on Hazen Street in Queens, Jan. 21, 2019. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY
The review comes as 13 detainees have died so far in city jails this year, following 16 fatalities last year, the highest total in decades. The report also comes as Correction Commissioner Louis A. Molina has embarked on aAlso Monday, U.S.
Tomas Carlo Camacho, left, died after being found unconscious inside a Rikers Island medical unit on March 3, 2022. His son, Kevin Carlo, right, has demanded answers. | Courtesy of Camacho Family The report added, “However, his risk of harm to self and others, acutely, remain[ed] low due to resolution of acute psychiatric symptoms, good response to treatment, and no suicidality.”
Correction officers found Camacho with his head through the slot — unresponsive but with a pulse — at 7:12 p.m., the Board review said. They did not render immediate first aid as required under Department of Correction policy, the report said. They were: lack of staff, free-flowing drugs, bogus handwritten recordkeeping in antiquated log books, lack of emergency first aid by officers, missed medical visits and problems with the city’s suicide watch prevention policy.
Between April 2020 and May 2021, the Correction Department seized banned drugs found inside city jails more than 2,600 times.
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