The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

An inmate was found dead in his cell on Rikers Island Sunday morning, marking the seventh death this year at the embattled New York City lockup.. Curtis Davis, 44, had been held behind bars on ...

A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing a stranger with a boxcutter died in custody this week – marking the ...

Three staff members were suspended after an inmate died at New York’s Rikers Island jail complex this week, authorities said Wednesday. Michael Nieves, 40, who had been in custody since June at ...

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.

A s the COVID-19 outbreak continues to hamper the U.S. jail and prison system, an inmate at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City has died after contracting the novel coronavirus ...

MANHATTAN (WABC) -- Two men in custody have died while on a bus en route to Rikers Island. The cause of their deaths is under investigation. The NYC Department of Corrections issued a statement saying ...

A Rikers Island inmate died early Tuesday morning in an incident Department of Correction officials say involved “procedural violations.” Felix Taveras, 40, reported a “medical condition ...

The inmate, 63-year-old Anthony Jordan, was transported just before 5:30 a.m. from the North Infirmary Command at Rikers Island to Mount Sinai Hospital. He was pronounced dead just before 6:30 a.m.

The New York City Department of Correction said that three Rikers Island staff members have been suspended in connection with the jail's latest inmate death. The department said that 40-year-old ...