A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing ... judge Laura Taylor Swain blasted the city for rising deaths of inmates, skyrocketing “uses of force” by correction officers ...

NEW YORK-- New York City has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a Rikers Island inmate who suffered ... to hold abut 4,000 inmates. There are currently more ...

Her death is the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, and follows that of Ariel Quidone, 20, last week and ...

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

A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

FBI agents arrested two New York correction officers Wednesday accused of beating to death a Rikers Island inmate, Newsweek reports. A pretrial detainee, 52-year-old Ronald Spear, was killed in ...

With jail house violence on the rise, city correction officials are moving forward with a plan to separate the boys from the men at Rikers Island. More than 1,000 inmates ... 34% of inmate ...

Mayor Eric Adams says one of the four new community jails that were being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with ... to closing Rikers Island. Adams has tapped his new ...

The reporting of the deaths of inmates in New York ... would be transferred to Rikers Island, the reaction on Twitter was swift and varied. A Rikers Island inmate, Naquan Hill, 24, managed to ...

Bon appétit — from Rikers Island. Lefty Upper West Side Councilwoman Gale Brewer is pushing the city to feed jailbirds “farm-to-table” meals, like ones served up at some of the Big Apple ...