Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man died of an overdose at the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island in New York City on July 9, 2022, while he was held at the jail, according to jail sources. His name has not been published. The death was reported as part of a rise in overdose deaths in city jails, which officials linked to contraband drugs, though they disagreed about how those drugs were getting into the facilities.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Jail sources attributed the death to an overdose, and officials linked the rise in such deaths to contraband drugs entering the jail.
Reported by: jail sources. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.