Rikers Island inmate dies in custody, second in one week

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A person in custody at Rikers Island died Sunday morning, the second in-custody death at the infamous jail system in just one week. A spokesperson for the Department of Correction identified the man as 49-year-old John Price. Price was taken to an area hospital around 5:40 p.m. Saturday, and pronounced [...]