NYC Advocates pushing on closing Rikers Island following 2 deaths

2 Rikers Island Detainees Die in a Week

Two men have died at Rikers Island in less than a week in the first fatalities reported since New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office amid a mandate to shutter the jail complex by next year. The Department of Correction says 39-year-old Barry Cozart was found in distress Wednesday...

NYC Advocates pushing on closing Rikers Island following 2 deaths

NEW YORK (PIX11) — There have now been two people who’ve died on Rikers Island within the last week. 49-year-old John Price, who was in custody on a drug offense, was pronounced dead Sunday after being transported to the hospital. 39-year-old Barry Cozart died due to a medical episode last Wednesday while being held in [...]

Dying on Mamdani’s Rikers Island

Have you been listening to the Hell Gate Podcast? You can catch last week's episode here.Rikers Island is a horrible place to die, and this year, two New Yorkers have already lost their lives there. Barry Cozart, 39, died on March 25, followed shortly by 49-year-old John Price, who died on Sunday. Cozart and Price are the first people to die while being held on Rikers during the Mamdani administration, and under new Department of Correction Comm…