Louis Molina, the city's correction commissioner, once again had to acknowledge another detainee dying in custody.

"It's unfortunate I have to open up this meeting with condolences,” Molina said.

Elijah Muhammad, a 31-year-old man held on Rikers Island, died on Sunday. Immediately after his death, an officer was fired. Little is known about why or what happened. Muhammad's lawyer tells NY1 the fatality was a suspected drug overdose.

It's the 10th death of a detainee in custody or recently released from custody so far this year.

"That situation is under investigation,” Molina said, referring to Muhammed's death. “I know it will not be enough, but I offer my condolences to Mr. Muhammad's family and his loved ones."

The deaths are an indication that the city's jails are still in chaos, advocates have argued.

On Tuesday, members of the New York City Board of Correction said the department was keeping almost two dozen detainees locked in cells for 23 hours a day, akin to the version of solitary confinement the city was supposed to do away with.

"No one seems to know how is it that young adults finish up in these awful spaces, 23 hours a day, confined behind plexiglass without no human contact at all, no programming and actually no clarity on how they can get out or what they need to get out of those punitive segregation spaces,” said board member Felipe Franco. “Last Friday, I met with a young person there that completely decompensated and started talking about suicide. Many of them have been there for months.”  

The Department of Correction says these are units they plan to close down, but they're open for detainees who are involved in a lot of violent incidents.

"These are very complex problems that exist over decades here," Molina said.

Other board members continued to raise concerns, like violence in city jails and a pattern of altering documents.

"We remain concerned about the violence levels and whether access to healthcare is adequate during overly long stays in intake,” said Julio Medina, the chair of the Board of Correction. “We have referred three recent violent incidents at the department for internal investigation, as well as troubling pattern of document alternation regarding length of stay at intake."

Details of those particular incidents were not immediately available.