A 32-year-old Rikers Island inmate died behind bars early Sunday — the 14th in-custody death at the Big Apple jail complex this year, Correction Department officials said.

Aramis Furse “appeared unwell” at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center around 2 a.m. and was taken to Mount Sinai Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead fewer than 90 minutes later, according to a rep for the department.

Jail officials did not provide details on the circumstances of Furse’s death.

Rikers Island inmate Aramis Furse, 32, on Sunday became the 14th prisoner to die at the jail complex this year. REUTERS

“The department is mourning the tragic death of an individual in custody,” city Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie said in a statement.

“We extend our deepest condolences to his friend

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