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

In the early 1800s, Richard Riker, a descendant of the family who owned Rikers Island, participated in a kidnapping ring for decades.

Her mother, philanthropist Agnes Gund, raised $100 million to end mass incarceration after watching the documentary "13th ... Women's House" made it from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum.

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 ...

The young detainee who appears to have died of a ruptured appendix and infection began showing serious medical issues in the city jails as long as three days before he collapsed on Rikers Island ...

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 ...

An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...

Some 350 convicted people are crowded onto Rikers Island awaiting transfer to prisons upstate due to continued ripple effects from the state prison strike, according to jail officials. The backlog ...

Having long fought against the appointment of an independent monitor to reform Rikers Island, the Adams administration has presented a plan for a different entity to take charge of the troubled jails ...