An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds capacity of planned ...
The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission appointed by the City Council ...
A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.
New York City should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated to take place by ...
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 ...
The population on Rikers Island has risen to 7,067 people this week, the highest total since 2019 — and almost twice as high ...
A 21-year-old being held on Rikers Island died over the weekend, marking the third detainee death seen at the troubled jail ...
In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 ...
An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...
The Independent Rikers Commission, a collective tasked with examining the city’s plan to close Rikers Island, has unveiled a ...
A Lower East Side man likely died of untreated appendicitis hours after his release from Rikers, according to his family, who ...