The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid Mayor Eric Adams’ office slammed as a “redundant, bureaucratic ...

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 ...

A judge approved Harvey Weinstein’s request to transfer from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital for essential medical care during his New York trial. His attorney criticized Rikers’ conditions.

Lawmakers and criminal justice experts excoriated Mayor Eric Adams and his administration on Wednesday for their handling of a stalled plan to close Rikers Island. “Now is the time for strong ...

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 ...

released an updated blueprint to close Rikers Island. The publication is timely: just three months into 2025, five people have already died in the city’s jail system. Our original 2017 report ...

The Adams administration is making good on a promise to allow federal immigration agents to open an office on Rikers Island to coordinate investigations of international terrorist groups involved ...

Harvey Weinstein‘s legal team has petitioned the court to transfer the disgraced movie mogul from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital during his criminal retrial in New York City. “Harvey ...

NEW YORK — New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by ...

(The Center Square) — Federal immigration officials will have a permanent office on New York City’s notorious Rikers Island prison under a directive from the Adams administration, which says ...