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

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 ...

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 ...

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

The population on Rikers Island has risen to 7,067 people this week, the highest total since 2019 — and almost twice as high ...

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

Adrienne Adams convened the commission in the somewhat more peaceful days of 2023, before she was challenging Eric Adams’ reelection. The 114-page report found, in short, that Rikers can’t close by ...

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 ...

Harvey Weinstein is sour that he won’t get a party for his 73rd birthday at Rikers ... year prison sentence for a 2022 Los Angeles rape conviction and is awaiting a retrial in New York after ...