Another inmate at Rikers Island died early on Sunday morning after feeling sick inside his cell at the Otis Bantam Correctional Center, NYC Department of Correction (DOC) officials said.

The man was the 14th inmate to die in DOC custody this year.

According to the DOC, at around 2 a.m. on Dec. 7, an officer who was conducting his tour found the man in his cell who “appeared unwell.” The officer then activated a medical emergency, prompting medical staff to render aid. EMS rushed there to provide additional help, DOC explained.

Paramedics raced the man to Mount Sinai Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly later at 3:15 a.m. Sunday.

As of Nov. 21, there had been 13 Rikers-linked deaths this year, according to the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit whose mission include

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