Family members of the most recent person to die while in custody at Rikers this year say they're struggling to get answers in ...

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 ...

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 ...

What to KnowA man died in custody while at Rikers Monday night, becoming the fifth detainee to die in custody at the ...

In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 ...

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

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

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...

City agencies on Thursday held a design workshop at Borough Hall for the Queens jail, one of four facilities slated to ...