William Johnstone, 47, was found unresponsive in his cell at Rikers Island on Saturday. He's the sixth person to die in DOC custody this year, and the 25th since the start of 2022.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A detainee at Rikers Island awaiting a court hearing died on Saturday – making him the sixth incarcerated person to die this year while in the custody of the city Department of Correction.
William Johnstone, 47, was found unresponsive in his cell at roughly 1:50 p.m., according to Correction spokesperson Frank Dwyer. He received immediate medical care and was transported to Mount Sinai Queens hospital, Dwyer wrote in a statement.by the Daily News, had been jailed at Rikers since March 24. “At this time, no next of kin has been identified,” Dwyer wrote on Saturday night.
City records show Johnstone was held on bail of $39,998 cash, or $148,998 bond. He was jailed on robbery and weapons possession charges, stemming from two incidents in Brooklyn and Manhattan, court records show. His next court date was scheduled for August. Johnstone was found in the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers, where inmate Rubu Zhao, 52, also died in May
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