An exhibit at the Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center in Bed Stuy features artwork by Rikers Island detainees.

The New York City Department of Correction confirms Dashawn Jenkins, 27, died while in custody Monday night, just one day after his birthday. Officials say staff noticed he was visibly ill while ...

A New York judge Monday blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering Rikers Island, setting up a ...

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 ...

The same week, a non-renewed, non-transformed Rikers Island reported its fifth inmate death of the year: Dashawn Jenkins, 27, who died of a ruptured appendix after days of obvious symptoms that jail ...

One of his art pieces, “Black Flower,” dedicated to his sister, is now on display at the Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant, hanging alongside the works of fellow Rikers ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- ICE agents are returning to Rikers Island to coordinate detaining inmates from city criminal cases, under ...

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 ...

A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt discussions with the Trump administration allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex ...

the moral imperative to close Rikers Island remains as urgent as ever,” said Nurse, who is also the co-chair of the council’s Progressive Caucus, noting at least five inmates have died at the ...

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.