A 32-year-old Rikers Island inmate died behind bars early Sunday — the 14th in-custody death at the Big Apple jail complex ...

A federal judge recently threatened to send in a receiver to take over the notorious prison, which could soon home the man ...

A 32-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Sunday morning, becoming the 14th person to die in the Department of Correction’s ...

Two Corrections officers were attacked in a brutal four-hour span at Rikers Island Wednesday — including one guard who was ...

Attorneys and families of people incarcerated on Rikers Island blasted the Department of Correction on Wednesday for what ...

Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum ...

William Furse can recall the exact moment when he received the devastating news that his 32-year-old son, Aramis, had died while in custody on Rikers Island. “My daughter ...

RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died early Sunday morning after being found unwell in his cell marking the 14th death at the jail ...

In the next few months, control of the jail system on Rikers Island may be placed under the control of a court-ordered independent authority. Mayor Adams argues that this will throw the jail into ...

RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – A court hearing held in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday aimed to determine whether ICE and other federal agencies can set up shop on Rikers Island. A state judge in Lower ...