Inmate tries to hang himself during politician tour of ‘hellish’ Rikers Island

A Rikers Island inmate attempted to hang himself in front of two state Assembly members Monday during a chaotic tour of the out-of-control lockup. Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (D-Queens), who visited Rikers Island Monday morning alongside more than a dozen state and local elected officials, was inside the punitive segregation unit at the packed Otis Bantum…
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