A Correction officer found the man – whose name has not been released pending family notification – lying on the floor of a ...

The man, who was identified late Tuesday as Edwin Quispe, 33, was found unresponsive in a bathroom at the Eric M. Taylor ...

A man detained at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex died on Tuesday due to a medical emergency, jail officials said, ...

For the first time in months, the number of New Yorkers being processed into the state’s prisons is higher than the number ...

The wildcat strike ended after three weeks. Yet four months later, thousands of officer positions remain unfilled, and the ...

ICE wants an office inside NYC’s notorious Rikers Island jail. A judge might end those hopes - New York City Mayor Eric Adams crafted a ‘corrupt bargain’ with Trump to let federal agents ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under ...

Rikers Island is a humanitarian crisis, especially for those with severe mental illness. Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not ...

(The Center Square) – A state judge in New York has extended a temporary restraining order barring federal immigration officials from setting up a permanent office at the Rikers Island jail. The ...