Donny Ubiera died Tuesday morning at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers, advocates said.

A man in Rikers Island died Tuesday morning, becoming the eighth New Yorker to die in city jail custody this year, advocates said.

Donny Ubiera, 33, died inside the jail’s George R. Vierno Center, according to a statement from The Legal Aid Society.

Advocates insisted that Ubiera’s family deserves immediate answers from Department of Correction officials and jail medical staff on what led to his death, writing that “all too often, our client’s loved ones are deprived of even the most basic information following the passing of a relative.”

  • @sudo
    5•10 months ago

    https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/21/texas-prison-heat-deaths/

    At least 41 people have died in stifling, uncooled prisons of either heart-related or unknown causes during Texas’ relentless and record-breaking heat wave this summer

    At least another 29 have died of what are still unknown causes pending autopsy results. The death count is likely higher, as prisons have 30 days to report a prisoner’s death to the state.

    TDCJ has reported 35 employee heat-related illnesses this year, but only 14 among prisoners

    And that’s just heat related over the past few months.