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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

While the penal island has a maximum capacity of at least 10,000 in multiple buildings, the population increase jeopardizes ...

Adrienne Adams convened the commission in the somewhat more peaceful days of 2023, before she was challenging Eric Adams’ ...