A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed ...

The same week, a non-renewed, non-transformed Rikers Island reported its fifth inmate death of the year: Dashawn Jenkins, 27, who died of a ruptured appendix after days of obvious symptoms that jail ...

Family members of the most recent person to die in custody on Rikers Island said they're struggling to get answers after his death. City Department of Correction officials said Dashawn Jenkins ...

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Chelsia Rose Marcius For years, a handful of federal immigration agents worked out of a trailer office at the jail complex on Rikers Island in New York City.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- ICE agents are returning to Rikers Island to coordinate detaining inmates from city criminal cases, under a long promised executive order issued by the mayor's office.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been cleared to reestablish a presence on Rikers Island, per an executive order handed down by the Adams administration.

Federal immigration enforcers are welcome back to the New York City jail complex on Rikers Island — after a decade in exile under the city’s sanctuary-city laws — according to a mayoral ...

NEW YORK — A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island ... about each death. “This tragic incident is a stark reminder of the ongoing human rights crisis unfolding at Rikers Island, which houses ...

(The Center Square) — Federal immigration officials will have a permanent office on New York City’s notorious Rikers Island prison under a directive from the Adams administration, which says ...