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 ...

By law, the city will be legally barred from using Rikers jails after 2027, but the move-out can happen only if there are ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The otherwise healthy young man who died at Elmhurst Hospital after just over a week on Rikers Island had a ruptured appendix ...

NEW YORK — City should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated by law to take ...

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds capacity of planned ...

An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...