Family of Rikers Now Brain-Dead Inmate Demands Answers Over Suicide Attempt

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 19: (SPEECH) Victor Pate - Campaign Organizer with New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (NY-CAIC) speaks during a press conference rally held outside the Bronx County Hall of Justice by the family members and supporters of Nicholas Feliciano, 18, who reportedly suffered anoxic brain damage during a failed suicide attempt at the Rikers Island jail complex on October 19, 2021 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Several corrections officers are accused of failing to immediately intervene in Nicholas Feliciano's suicide attempt. The Bronx DA (District Attorney) Darcel Denise Clark is criticized for the mishandling of the Nicholas Feliciano case. (Footage by Tomas Abad/Getty Images)