Family members of the most recent person to die in custody on Rikers Island said they're struggling to get answers after his ...

Nathaniel Morton, left, stands with his lawyer, Mark J. Fonte, at the defense table during Morton's arraignment in state ...

Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died ...

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in ...

The death was the fifth since Feb. 19, when Ramel Powell died at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center. That total matches the ...

Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is fighting to keep control of the troubled complex and other New York City lockups that ...

Ramel Powell, 38, and Sonia Reyes, 55, both died on Rikers Island earlier this year. Terrence Moore, 55, died in Department ...

A man held on Rikers Island died Monday night, bringing the total number of jail deaths to five in 2025. According to the Correction Department account, staffers saw the unnamed man was “visibly ill” ...

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

The Legal Aid Society released a report on the effects of the 22-day strike by correction officers on incarcerated people.