The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died.

A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in 2025, according to the New York City Department of Correction.

Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most notorious lockup, according to the Department of Correction.

A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, in the first death in the system in 2025, according to officials and sources. The man, identified by sources as Ramel