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

A detainee committed suicide at Rikers Island Saturday, the 17th inmate death in the city’s troubled jail system this year, The Post has learned. The death toll now surpasses last year’s count ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

NEW YORK — A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island died Monday night, bringing the total number of jail deaths there to five in 2025. According to the New York City Department of Correction ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.