Another detainee has died while in custody at Rikers Island on Friday, making this the third death at the jail complex so far this year and the second this week, according jail officials.
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Herman Diaz, 52, died while jailed at the Eric M. Taylor Center, according to a release sent out by the city Department of Correction late Friday. Diaz died a day after another detainee, 49-year-old George Pagan, died from an unknown cause while in Rikers custody. He had been detained at Rikers for eight day before he passed. It's unclear what led to Diaz's death. The city medical examiner's office is expected to determine a cause of death.
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