During the Covid-19 pandemic, some dire pictures emerged from inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers Island. Up to 26 men were squeezed into temporary holding cells, having to using ...

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

New York Mayor Eric Adams said the city's Rikers Island jail and the ... plastic bags for toilets at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on the island. Detainees were kept in a gym when the ...

He did not reply to messages from The News. Inside the Rose M. Singer Center, a women’s lockup at Rikers Island. (Todd Maisel/New York Daily News) Charges were pending with the Bronx District ...

Federal judge will hear arguments on potential takeover of New York City’s troubled jail system A federal judge has agreed to begin a process that could wrest control of New York City's troubled ...

The Department of Correction’s civilian watchdog board accused the agency on Tuesday of repeatedly ignoring their authority and enacting changes on Rikers Island behind their backs.

Prison officials often say that strip searches are necessary to keep contraband, including weapons and drugs, outside of prisons. This is a worthy goal, but research suggests that strip searches don’t ...

Some 350 convicted people are crowded onto Rikers Island awaiting transfer to ... space requirements and allow the Otis Bantum Correctional Center dormitories to increase capacity from 50 to ...

A 21-year-old man suffering from a serious infection who went into medical distress last Thursday in a jail at Rikers Island has died, according to officials and sources. Ariel Quidone had been held ...

A 54-year-old woman serving a year on Rikers Island for misdemeanor assault ... Ramel Powell died Feb. 19 in the Otis Bantum Correctional Center and Terence Moore died Feb. 24 in a holding cell ...