Almost three years to day after he entered Rikers Island to await his court date on a robbery charge, Gilberto Garcia died Monday, the city Department of Correction says.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.Almost three years after he entered Rikers Island to await his court date on a robbery charge, 26-year-old Gilberto Garcia died in custody on Monday, the city Department of Correction said.
Garcia was being held at the Anna M. Kross Center when he was pronounced dead at around 12:50 p.m., officials said. He entered city custody on Nov. 2, 2019, on a first-degree robbery charge, the Department of Correction said. His cause of death was still under investigation on Monday evening. “We send our deepest condolences to Mr. Garcia’s loved ones and family at this difficult time,” DOC Commissioner Louis A. Molina said in a statement. “As with every death that occurs in custody, we will conduct a preliminary investigation into the cause and circumstances.”Garcia is the
in custody or shortly after being released. The Department of Correction, however, recorded Garcia’s death as the 16th in custody this year because its official tally excludes people who received compassionate release shortly before their deaths.overseeing the jails system said Rikers Island jails continued to be “patently unsafe” and “trapped in a state of persistent dysfunction.”of what people in custody endure.
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