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 former Rikers Island guard was convicted of felony charges after prosecutors say he planted a weapon inside the cell of a ...

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 ...

In the early aughts, when I was waiting on Rikers Island to be tried for murder, I had to watch what everyone else in the ...

The article Rikers Island Detainee Dies After Medical Episode At Jail, Officals Say appeared first on New York City Patch. NEW YORK CITY — A 33-year-old man, who was detained at Rikers Island, died on ...

The fallout from a strike by prison guards continues to paralyze prisons, forcing officials to suspend programs and rely on ...

The Bronx DA’s office has dropped all charges against a Queens public defender arrested on Rikers Island for possession of alleged drug-soaked papers after lab tests showed there were no narc… ...