Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is fighting to keep control of the troubled complex and other New York City lockups that ...

The death was the fifth since Feb. 19, when Ramel Powell died at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center. That total matches the ...

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

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed ...

Mayor Adams’ office slammed Brooklyn lawmaker Lincoln Restler as a “hypocrite” for championing the closure of the Rikers ...

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams plans to sue the mayor for sanctuary law violations. She was joined at the rally by other ...

The Department of Correction’s death toll continued to climb at a rapid rate this week after a 27-year-old died on Rikers ...

Federal immigration officials will have a permanent office on New York City's notorious Rikers Island prison under a ...

Harvey Weinstein's latest health report comes months after he was indicted on a fresh set of sexual assault charges in New ...

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Chelsia Rose Marcius For years, a handful of federal immigration agents worked out of a trailer office at the jail complex on Rikers Island in New York City.

New York City is allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to return to its Rikers Island prison following recent demands placed on Mayor Eric Adams by the Trump administration.