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

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

Ramel Powell, 38, and Sonia Reyes, 55, both died on Rikers Island earlier this year. Terrence Moore, 55, died in Department ...

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

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called Rikers Island a “death camp” Monday even as she admitted the troubled jail complex ...

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

A man died in custody while at Rikers Monday night, becoming the fifth detainee to die in custody at the notorious jail ...

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds the capacity of ...

After a devastating family tragedy in her early 30s, journalist Joh Jarvis found solace in mediation. Now, she teaches the ...