It’s the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, following the death last week of 20-year-old Ariel Quidone, and ...

The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New ...

Mayor Eric Adams says one of the four new community jails being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with ...

A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

A woman died in custody at Rikers Island early Thursday morning, the city’s Department of Correction (DOC) said — making her ...

The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission appointed by the City Council ...

The otherwise healthy young man who died at Elmhurst Hospital after just over a week on Rikers Island had a ruptured appendix ...

Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released yesterday by the ...

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds the capacity of ...

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

Lefty Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer is pushing the city to feed jailbirds “farm-to-table” meals, like ones served up at ...