Rikers Island inmates assaulted two ... which came under intense scrutiny after former inmate Kalief Browder, 22, hanged himself in 2015. His death sparked a wave of reform efforts that led ...

Rikers Island has a lengthy history of problems with its solitary confinement practices, which came under intense scrutiny after former inmate Kalief Browder, 22, hanged himself in 2015. His death ...

The city Medical Examiner’s office has yet to issue a cause of death, but a source familiar with the case said Savage was suffering from cancer. Savage had been transferred to Rikers Island on ...

The city Medical Examiner’s office has yet to issue a cause of death, but a source familiar with the case said Savage was suffering from cancer. Savage had been transferred to Rikers Island on Nov. 30 ...

The city Medical Examiner’s office has yet to issue a cause of death, but a source familiar with the case said Savage was suffering from cancer. Savage had been transferred to Rikers Island on Nov. 30 ...

The Kauai jail and two other facilities in Hawaii have the chairs, which require high levels of force to immobilize inmates ...

The city Medical Examiner’s office has yet to issue a cause of death, but a source familiar with the case said Savage was ...

The city has agreed to pay $28.7 million to the family of a Rikers Island inmate left severely brain damaged during a suicide attempt he made while jail guards watched, court records show.

NEW YORK-- New York City has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a Rikers Island inmate who suffered severe brain damage after he attempted to hang himself while ...

New York City has agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a suspect being held on Rikers Island that exposed serious breakdowns by both correction and medical staff ...