A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in ...

Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died ...

Family members of the most recent person to die in custody on Rikers Island said they're struggling to get answers after his ...

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

FBI agents arrested two New York correction officers Wednesday accused of beating to death a Rikers Island inmate, Newsweek reports. A pretrial detainee, 52-year-old Ronald Spear, was killed in ...

Mayor Eric Adams says one of the four new community jails that were being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with ... to closing Rikers Island. Adams has tapped his new ...

A woman died in custody on Rikers Island early Thursday, the city’s Department of Correction said, making her the fourth detainee to die at the jail complex so far this year. According to jail ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

The 344 people people held on Rikers Island are awaiting transfer upstate to either begin their sentences or return to continue their sentences, correction officials said Tuesday in a Board of ...