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Investigation launched after Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – marking first prisoner death of 2025

Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most notorious lockup, according to the Department of Correction.

Gothamist · 3d

Rikers Island detainee dies in custody, marking first such death of 2025, city says

The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died.

WINS Radio New York on MSN · 3d

Rikers Island detainee dies in jail complex's first death of 2025

A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in 2025, according to the New York City Department of Correction.

Queens Daily Eagle · 3d

Man held on Rikers for 19 months becomes first to die in jails in 2025

A 38-year-old man named Ramel Powell became the first person to die on Rikers Island in 2025. The Department of Correction said he was found dead inside the Otis Bantm Correctional Center early Wednesday morning. AP file photo by Ted Shaffrey

New York Daily News · 4d

Rikers Island has first death of 2025, detainee had been held 19 months

A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, in the first death in the system in 2025, according to officials and sources. The man, identified by sources as Ramel

NYC Correction Dept. set to order mandatory 12-hour tours for officers again

The department last went to 12-hour tours during the 2021 and 2022 staffing crisis when hundreds of officers went sick ...

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Can't-Miss Play: Catch of the preseason? Ramel Keyton may have it on leaping one-hander in crunch time

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Ramel Keyton submits his bid for best catch of the 2024 NFL preseason with a leaping one-hander in crunch time against the San Francisco 49ers. Kansas City Chiefs ...

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NYC’s Rikers Island has first death of 2025, detainee had been held 19 months

The man, identified by sources as Ramel Powell, had been held in the Otis Bantum Correctional Center. He was sent to Rikers in July, 2023 – 19 months ago – on a parole violation related to a robbery ...

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