Jonathan Narain (1991 – 2018), was a corrections officer at Rikers Island, who was shot and killed on September 14, 2018, in a road rage incident on his way to work. He was a regular attendee at Shree Durga Mandir, a Hindu religious institution. He was a leader within the Mandir and worked with students and worshippers offering counseling, and even career advice about working for the City of New York. He was an inaugural member of Naturally Recklez, a popular charitable Caribbean music group in Queens where he played the dholak, a percussion instrument. It was here he began mentoring and coaching teenagers. He left behind a legacy as a role model and provided young people access to music education in the neighborhood. Within the Department of Correction, he was an active member of the Desi Society, a South Asian and Indo-Caribbean organization that seeks to increase minority recruitment in the Department.