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 ... Jenkins’ death marks the fifth of an inmate at Rikers in fewer than two months. A total of five inmates died at the jail in all of 2024.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, along with agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland ...

ICE will be allowed to return to Rikers Island under a new executive order — that Mayor Eric Adams opted not to sign himself.

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close ... current Rikers population of 7,000-plus inmates. The only sane answer is to just build ...

Edward Jenkins, 68, said family members are concerned Dashawn Jenkins may have been extorted for cash by other prisoners ... city’s jail system.” Two people died on Rikers Island earlier ...

State prison officials said they will re-evaluate accepting new prisoners at the end of the month, while advocates said incarcerated people are desperate to get off Rikers Island. The complex is ...

The new facility will be part of the solution to closing Rikers Island. Adams has tapped his new First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro to build the new jail for ... roughly 7,100 inmates on Rikers ...