Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died ...
Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is fighting to keep control of the troubled complex and other New York City lockups that ...
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 ...
Family members of the most recent person to die in custody on Rikers Island said they're struggling to get answers after his ...
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 ...
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” ...
A report by the Lippman Independent Commission challenges the city’s acquiescence toward failing to replace the existing dilapidated jails.
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