{"id":443845,"date":"2022-05-08T20:46:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T17:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rikers-island-inmate-with-mental-health-issues-dies-by-suicide\/"},"modified":"2022-05-08T20:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T17:46:49","slug":"rikers-island-inmate-with-mental-health-issues-dies-by-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rikers-island-inmate-with-mental-health-issues-dies-by-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rikers Island inmate with mental health issues dies by suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40952e38d14\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40952e38d14\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rikers-island-inmate-with-mental-health-issues-dies-by-suicide\/#%E2%80%9CRikers_Island_inmate_with_mental_health_issues_dies_by_suicide%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Rikers Island inmate with mental health issues dies by suicide&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRikers_Island_inmate_with_mental_health_issues_dies_by_suicide%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Rikers Island inmate with mental health issues dies by suicide&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A 25-year-old Rikers Island inmate who suffered from mental health issues hung himself in his cell Saturday afternoon, marking the fourth in-custody death at the embattled jail complex so far this year, The Post has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dashawn Carter, who arrived on Rikers Thursday on burglary and robbery charges, was discovered by a correction officer hanging from a sheet attached to a window in his cell at the Anne M. Kross Center around 5 p.m., internal records obtained by The Post show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The jail guard cut down the sheet and placed Carter on the bed. He was pronounced dead by an on-site doctor eight minutes later, the records show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Correction officers are required to do tours of regular housing areas every thirty minutes, but many posts at the lockup continue to go unmanned amid a staffing crisis, jailhouse sources said. It was not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely clear how long Carter had been hanging before he was noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInmates are looking out after themselves. Nothing has changed\u201d since Commissioner Louis Molina was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed to helm the jail by Mayor Eric Adams in January, one source said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The source said Carter was known to have mental health issues and that he had been hospitalized before being placed back in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> population.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The city medical examiner will determine his cause of death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/rikers-island-ap-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The jail guard cut down the sheet and placed Carter on the bed. He was pronounced dead by an on-site doctor eight minutes later.\" class=\"wp-image-22186287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/rikers-island-ap-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/rikers-island-ap-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/rikers-island-ap-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The jail guard cut down the sheet and placed Carter on the bed. He was pronounced dead by an on-site doctor eight minutes later.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The jail has been in the throes of a crisis brought on by a ballooning jail population and a staffing shortage that has left both inmates and workers in danger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three other inmates have died in-custody so far this year \u2013 two that occurred within two days of each other in March. Their causes of death have yet to be released.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan federal prosecutors last month told a judge they were \u201calarmed\u201d by the continued violence at Department of Correction facilities \u2014 and floated the idea of a federal takeover if the agency doesn\u2019t improve conditions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/rikers-island-jail-crisis-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rikers has been in the throes of a crisis brought on by a ballooning jail population and a staffing shortage that has left both inmates and workers in danger.\" class=\"wp-image-22186292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/rikers-island-jail-crisis-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/rikers-island-jail-crisis-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/rikers-island-jail-crisis-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rikers has been in the throes of a crisis brought on by a ballooning jail population and a staffing shortage that has left both inmates and workers in danger.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/JUSTIN LANE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last November, The Post revealed that only a fraction of uniformed DOC staff had completed required suicide prevention refresher trainings.<\/p>\n<p>Uniformed staffers on Rikers are required to complete the course each year but between Nov. 1, 2020 and Nov. 8, 2021, only around 2,400 out of roughly 8,800 had received the updated lifesaving training, the DOC said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>During that time same period, six inmates killed themselves while in DOC custody \u2014 more than the past five years combined and the most detainee suicides seen since 2003, when the average jail population was 14,533, nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le the amount it is now, according to city data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Molina, the DOC commissioner, issued a statement after Carter\u2019s death, saying that any death in custody is \u201ca tragic event and an impactful loss.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are truly heartbroken for this person\u2019s family and loved ones and we wish to express our deepest condolences,\u201d Molina said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs with all deaths in custody, we will work with our partner agencies on an immediate and full investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, 16 people died in DOC custody \u2014 more than in 2019 and 2020 combined and the most fatalities since 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and<\/em> <em>confidential crisis counseling<\/em>. <em>If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24\/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or go to <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/suicidepreventionlifeline.org\/\"><em>SuicidePreventionLifeline.org<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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