Overview
- An officer on tour found the man looking unwell around 2 a.m. at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center and activated a medical emergency.
- The detainee was taken to Mount Sinai Queens, where he was pronounced dead at 3:15 a.m., according to the Department of Correction.
- Officials said required notifications went to the Federal Monitor, the Board of Correction, the state attorney general, DOI, the State Commission of Correction, the medical examiner, and district attorneys.
- The department provided no further details on the man’s identity or cause of death, saying the investigation remains ongoing.
- The latest death follows oversight findings of operational and medical failures in earlier 2025 fatalities and comes as a judge considers installing outside management of key jail functions.