Fifth Rikers Island inmate dies in custody, officials say

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — Another Rikers Island inmate died on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Department of Correction said, just one day after the agency submitted a plan to a federal judge with proposals on how to improve conditions at the beleaguered jail complex. Mary Yehudah, 31, is the fifth Rikers inmate to die [...]