The city will be legally barred from using Rikers after 2027, but the move-out can happen only if there are fewer than 5,000 ...

It’s the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, following the death last week of 20-year-old Ariel Quidone, and ...

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

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says one of the new jails being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with mental ...

Rikers Island correction captains and officers revived a man who had overdosed on drugs, and a detainee with a long record of ...

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

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

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

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

Quidone was pronounced dead on March 15. The family says he was released from DOC custody on the 14.

Harvey Weinstein will celebrate his 73rd birthday in Riker’s Island next week, and is predicting that he won’t live to see another year.

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds the capacity of ...