The young detainee who appears to have died of a ruptured appendix and infection began showing serious medical issues in the ...

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

Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released last week by the ...

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 ...

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

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

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

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the reality-denying City Council refuses to admit it. The first of the ...

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

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 ...