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August 16, 2022

Prisoner's Death by Suicide Is 12th This Year at New York's Rikers Island Jail
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Here in New York, another person has died at the Rikers Island jail
complex - the 12th so far this year. The New York Times reports Ricardo
Cruciani was found Monday morning, sitting in a shower area with a sheet
around his neck. The 68-year-old died about an hour later. His attorney
had reportedly alerted Rikers officials to put him on suicide watch.
Cruciani was a former neurologist who was convicted two weeks ago of
sexually assaulting and raping at least six of his patients.


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