A Lower East Side man likely died of untreated appendicitis hours after his release from Rikers, according to his family, who ...

A 21-year-old being held on Rikers Island died over the weekend, marking the third detainee death seen at the troubled jail ...

A woman held on Rikers Island died by possible suicide early Thursday, according to correction officials and sources. The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility ...

It’s the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, following the death last week of 20-year-old Ariel Quidone, and ...

Sean Duffy, secretary of transportation, demanded information about crime in the subway system. But transit watchers saw a ...

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

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