Rikers Island Guards Are Dying in One of the Worst Coronavirus Outbreaks
When Quinsey Simpson relieved a colleague at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex in early March, he had no idea his fellow correction officer was infected with the coronavirus.
Before long, Officer Simpson had an unrelenting cough. When his chest began feeling tight, he went to the emergency room and was diagnosed with Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. “We had the hope of him getting better, until he got on the respirator,” said Britton Alston, his friend and one-time co-worker.
On March 27, Officer Simpson, 62 years old, died.
Officer Simpson was the first officer to die of Covid-19 complications during a rapidly spreading outbreak in New York City’s jail system, overwhelming its largest facility, Rikers Island. Covid-19 cases among Rikers employees are now on par with levels seen in the most infected American workplaces, such as the USS Roosevelt and a pork plant in South Dakota.
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