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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Manhattan neurologist recently convicted of sexually assaulting, abusing and raping six of his patients died by suicide at Rikers Island on Monday, authorities said. Ricardo Cruciani, 68, died ...

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 ...

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.