Gothamist4h
After another death at Rikers, family says it's struggling to get answers
Family members of the most recent person to die in custody on Rikers Island said they're struggling to get answers after his ...
Rikers inmate dies in ‘medical emergency,’ is fifth convict to die in custody in less than two months
A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in ...
Gothamist1d
Another death in custody at Rikers, officials said — jail on track to outpace last year
Ramel Powell, 38, and Sonia Reyes, 55, both died on Rikers Island earlier this year. Terrence Moore, 55, died in Department ...
5 inmates have died at Rikers Island in past six weeks, officials say
Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died ...
Rikers detainee dies from apparent medical episode, fifth NYC jail-linked death in 6 weeks
The death was the fifth since Feb. 19, when Ramel Powell died at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center. That total matches the ...
Brownstoner10d
City Jail Population Headed in Wrong Direction for Close-Rikers Plan
While the penal island has a maximum capacity of at least 10,000 in multiple buildings, the population increase jeopardizes ...
New York Daily News4d
Rikers detainee who ‘suddenly became unwell’ and died had been sick for days
The Rikers Island jail complex. (Seth Wenig/AP) Quidone, who grew up in the Vladeck Houses on the Lower East Side, was arrested on two robbery charges March 6 and entered the jails March 7.
New York Post10d
As ‘Close Rikers’ grows ever more impossible, progressives insist ever harder on doing it
In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the reality-denying City Council refuses to admit it. The first of the ...
PBS16d
Rikers Island
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 ...