Her death is the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, and follows that of Ariel Quidone, 20, last week and ...

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

Rikers Island correction captains and officers revived a man who had overdosed on drugs, and a detainee with a long record of ...

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A 21-year-old being held on Rikers Island died over the weekend, marking the third detainee death seen at the troubled jail ...

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

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

The city will be legally barred from using Rikers after 2027, but the move-out can happen only if there are fewer than 5,000 ...

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

Harvey Weinstein will celebrate his 73rd birthday in Riker’s Island next week, and is predicting that he won’t live to see another year.

On Sunday night, during the holy month of Ramadan, there was an attack and attempted abduction of a faith leader in the Bronx ...

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