The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded himself on Rikers Island.

Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...

The wrongful-death lawsuit against the two men comes after the inmates were awarded a combined $367,500 from New York City as ...

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A 22-year-old Rikers Island detainee says jail staff “effectively sterilized” him by prescribing him an antidepressant that gave him a painful, five-day erection — and ignoring his excr… ...

Luis Bernier has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples still emanating from the state prison guards strike that ended in Mar… ...

Why I Blew the Whistle on Extreme Confinement on Rikers Island Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human contact — ...

An unidentified 32-year-old woman who had been in Pueblo County Jail for just over a day was found unresponsive in her cell Tuesday afternoon, sheriff’s officials said.

The Arkansas State Police (ASP) are investigating the death of an inmate at the Crittenden County Jail, according to the Crittenden County Sheriff's Department.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An 18-year-old defendant accused of stabbing his mother inside their Staten Island home has been afforded a way off of Rikers Island as the case presses forward.