The population on Rikers Island has risen to 7,067 people this week, the highest total since 2019 — and almost twice as high ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adrienne Adams convened the commission in the somewhat more peaceful days of 2023, before she was challenging Eric Adams’ reelection. The 114-page report found, in short, that Rikers can’t close by ...

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