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 ...
A man died in custody while at Rikers Monday night, becoming the fifth detainee to die in custody at the notorious jail ...
A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island died Monday night, bringing the total number of jail deaths there to five in 2025. According to the City Department of Correction account, staffers saw that ...
Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is fighting to keep control of the troubled complex and other New York City lockups that ...
Photo by Reuven Blau/THE CITY “If the governor’s proposal to repeal discovery reform is adopted, more New Yorkers will suffer ...
Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released last week by the ...
A 55-year-old woman was allegedly found dead inside her cell on Rikers Island early Thursday morning, marking the fourth time ...
The Independent Rikers Commission, a collective tasked with examining the city’s plan to close Rikers Island, has unveiled a ...
In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 ...