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

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

A report by the Lippman Independent Commission challenges the city’s acquiescence toward failing to replace the existing dilapidated jails.

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

A 55-year-old woman was allegedly found dead inside her cell on Rikers Island early Thursday morning, marking the fourth time ...

The NYPD is investigating how a Brooklyn man died while in custody at Brooklyn Criminal Court on Friday morning, just weeks ...

A woman died in custody at Rikers Island early Thursday morning, the city’s Department of Correction (DOC) said — making her ...

A Lower East Side man likely died of untreated appendicitis hours after his release from Rikers, according to his family, who ...

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

A 21-year-old being held on Rikers Island died over the weekend, marking the third detainee death seen at the troubled jail ...

A 21-year-old man died after becoming critically ill in Department of Correction custody last week, according to his family — making him the third detainee to die in New York City's jails so far this ...

A 21-year-old man suffering from a serious infection who went into medical distress last Thursday in a jail at Rikers Island has died, according to officials and sources. Ariel Quidone had been held ...