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The deaths of inmates at New York City jails – including Rikers Island – will no longer be reported to media outlets, causing considerable outrage among advocacy groups and inmates’ families.
According to reports, the New York City Department of Corrections will no longer notify the press when an incarcerated individual dies and has stopped the practice immediately. It had been in place for two years since being enacted under then-Mayor Bill de Blasio in response to public concerns. “That was a practice, not a policy,” new DOC chief spokesperson Frank Dwyer said. In a
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