Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released last week by the ...

Her death is the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, and follows that of Ariel Quidone, 20, last week and ...

The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New ...

Rikers Island correction captains and officers revived a man who had overdosed on drugs, and a detainee with a long record of ...

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In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...

A report by the Lippman Independent Commission challenges the city’s acquiescence toward failing to replace the existing dilapidated jails.

The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission convened by the City Council ...

A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

City Comptroller Brad Lander and a number of other elected officials are calling on the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to ...

In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 ...

A 55-year-old woman was allegedly found dead inside her cell on Rikers Island early Thursday morning, marking the fourth time ...