A Person Died from Terminal Cancer While Held Pretrial, the Eighth Death in New York City Jails This Year
The steady stream of deaths continues shortly after the chief district judge for Manhattan federal court said she would appoint an independent “remediation manager” to help oversee NYC jails.
On July 9, Christian Collado, 51, died in New York City Department of Correction (DOC) custody—making him the eighth person to die immediately before, during, or immediately following their incarceration in city jails this year. He was the third person to die in DOC custody in as many weeks; Benjamin Kelly, 37, and James Maldonado, 56, died within ...