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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 bill passed by the City Council would publish information about inmates deaths in custody at city jails after the next-of-kin is notified.
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 ...
Rikers Island will soon be run by a court-appointed official after a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the troubled jail complex into receivership — a rare and sweeping intervention meant to end ...
The departure of New York City's Department of Corrections Commissioner Louis Molina provides a much-needed opportunity for fresh thinking on how to combat over-crowding at Rikers Island. REUTERS ...
As did the population on Rikers Island, which hit 5,400 detainees in February 2020, which, at the time, was the smallest population on Rikers in decades. Then, the pandemic struck.
Federal monitor wants NYC held in contempt over Rikers Island NEW YORK -- There are more legal troubles Tuesday for the Adams administration as it struggles to reduce violence on Rikers Island.
Intelligencer investigations June 28, 2015 9:00 p.m. Inside Rikers Island, Through the Eyes of the People Who Live and Work There By Maurice Chammah , Simone Weichselbaum , Nick Tabor , Eli Hager ...