{"id":325391,"date":"2026-08-19T23:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325391\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:32:09","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-man-dies-at-months-old-nyc-jail-medical-facility-marks-6th-death-in-custody-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325391\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Man Dies At Months Old Nyc Jail Medical Facility Marks 6th Death In Custody This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A man died in custody at the recently opened Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit at NYC Health + Hospitals\/Bellevue, according to the NYC Department of Correction.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Christopher Rodriguez, 36, suffered a medical episode and was pronounced dead around 8:40 a.m. Wednesday. His passing marks the sixth death in custody reported this year.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">City officials announced the opening of the 104-bed facility at Bellevue <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/2026\/06\/29\/vacant-jail-on-rikers-island-closing-permanently\/7rTQSqxjjwDEwZ29G54LzK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">back in April<\/a>. It replaced the North Infirmary Command on Rikers Island and marked a step in the city&#8217;s long-term effort to close the jail.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mr. Rodriguez. Our entire Department mourns his loss. We share our deepest condolences to Mr. Rodriguez&#8217;s loved ones during this difficult time. We will conduct a thorough investigation in coordination with the appropriate city and state authorities,&#8221; NYC Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani shared his condolences with Rodriguez&#8217;s family through a post on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man died in custody at the recently opened Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit at NYC Health + Hospitals\/Bellevue,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-325391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}