the next morning, jason echevarria was found dead in his cell.ccording to the medical examiner, the linings of his tongue and throat were burned off the soaps chemicals. >> jason echevarria's supporters recently rallied to call for pendergrass's firing. in this report, we hear from jason echevarria's father as he joins members of the jails action coalition. we also hear in detail about the use of solitary confinement at rikers island, from a former prisoner there named five mualimmak, who is since been released. >> my name is jennifer parrish. i am an attorney and a member of the jails action coalition. we are here to call attention to the death of jason echevarria, a young man who was in solitary confinement at rikers island. he was in crisis and needed medical attention all stop captain pendergrass refused data moved out of the cell. the bronx district attorney's office investigated because it was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner's office. they did not prosecute anyone. the department of corrections hires lower level officers and the ca