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May 31, 2022

20-Year-Old Emanuel Sullivan Becomes 22nd Rikers Island Prisoner to Die Since 2021
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In New York, another prisoner at the Rikers Island jail has died. New
York's Department of Corrections says 20-year-old Emanuel Sullivan was
found bleeding from the nose and unresponsive in his cell on Saturday
afternoon. The cause of death is reportedly under investigation.
Sullivan is the 22nd Rikers prisoner to die since 2021 and the sixth
Rikers prisoner to die this year. In response, community organizer and
Rikers survivor Edwin Santana said in a statement, "This tragedy should
show every judge, prosecutor, and elected official who has ignored this
truth before - Rikers is a death sentence. We don't need plans to create
plans, we need action, and that action must include releasing people
from the custody of an agency that cannot or will not keep them alive."


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