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.

A Rikers Island inmate has been found dead in a shower, marking the 12th death so far this year at the troubled prison complex, jailhouse sources exclusively told The Post on Monday.

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 ...

A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing a stranger with a boxcutter died in custody this week – marking the city’s first detainee death in 2025, officials and sources said.

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 mentally ill inmate suffered a gruesome death on Rikers Island after he languished inside a jail cell for seven days. When correction officers finally came to the aid of Bradley Ballard, 39, he w… ...

July 23 (UPI) --A man who was detained at Rikers Island while awaiting trial in New York City died Sunday, marking the seventh death at the infamous jail this year.A correction officer on patrol ...

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.