NEW YORK — A 21-year-old man suffering from a serious infection who went into medical distress last Thursday in a jail at Rikers Island has died, according to officials and sources.

Ariel Quidone had been held in the Robert N. Davoren Center since March 7 after he was arrested in Manhattan in connection with two robberies, records show.

He collapsed and was transported to Elmhurst Hospital Center alive but in grave condition. He underwent major surgery in an effort to save his life.

Sources familiar with the case said he died in the jail ward at the hospital Sunday. He was due in court last Wednesday but never showed.

A Correction Department spokesman did not immediately reply to a request for additional details, but agency records list Quidone as “released.”

Friends of Quidone, identified as from the Vladeck Houses on the Lower East Side, posted memories of the man on social media.

“Rest in Paradise Ariel Quidone, just a kid coming from school repping Vladecks,” wrote one person on Facebook.

Wrote a second, “I saw this young [man] almost every day over the years. I watched him grow up before my eyes. May he rest in heavenly peace.”

Quidone’s death was the third in the city jails in 2025. Previously, Ramel Powell, 38, died in the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Feb. 19. Terrence Moore, 55, died five days later on Feb. 24.

Both cases remain under investigation.

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