Aramis Furse has become the 14th person to die in or immediately after he was found “unwell” in his Rikers Island cell.

A former Rikers Island detainee has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit accusing two city correction officers of sexually ...

The death toll on Rikers Island continued to rise to its second-highest point in the past four years on Monday when a 33-year-old detainee died after allegedly having an allergic reaction in the ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called to rebuild the Rikers Island jail complex, reversing his previous position to go forward with closing it entirely. Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City ...

Andrew Cuomo has finally come out for the only sane position on the troubled Rikers Island jail complex: Rebuild it, don’t replace it with smaller, more costly borough ones. Cuomo had previously ...

(CNN) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and ...

A man died at the Rikers Island jail complex Wednesday night, New York City Department of Correction officials said — the second man to die there in a week, and the 12th person to die in or shortly ...

Kyron Randall, 33, accused of beating his roommate to death in a Bronx drug treatment center, died after being taken to ...

A convicted rapist has been sentenced for forcing a transgender inmate at Rikers Island into performing sex acts three years ago, authorities said Wednesday. Kelvin Williams, 36, was ordered to spend ...

Rikers Island is a humanitarian crisis, especially for those with severe mental illness. Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not ...

NEW YORK -- The city corrections commissioner on Tuesday detailed proposed reforms to the problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex that include changes to the housing of teenage and young adult ...

Jurisdictions across the country are releasing inmates under specific terms. Social distancing, staying 6 feet apart and cleaning surfaces with anti-bacterial products are some of the tools health ...