A transgender inmate was found dead in a jail cell on Rikers Island on Frid𝔍ay afternoon, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
The inmate was found unresponsive in her cell at the Rose M. Singer wo🍷men’s facility at the notorious jail at about 2:40 p.m., the Department of Corrections said.
⭕Medics responded and tried to revive her for about an hour before she was declared dead, the DOC said.
“Any death in our custo🍰dy is a tragic loss, and we are looking into how this happened,” a DOC spokesperson said.