A Rikers Island officer, an inmate, and the inmate's wife are charged with smuggling contraband into the jail, including ...

A Department of Corrections officer was indicted Wednesday for smuggling marijuana and tobacco into a Rikers Island jail, in ...

An investigation by t Office of the Inspector General reveals significant medical errors in prescribing methadone to Ronald Johnson and Tyler Cole, who died from its combined ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has given his agencies 45 days to form a plan to rid Rikers Island of solitary ...

A man held on Rikers Island over accuations he beat to death his roommate in a Bronx drug treatment center died early Monday of a possible allergic reaction — the 15th city jails-linked death this ...

Kryon Randall, 33, died while in custody at Rikers Island on Sunday after an apparent allergic reaction. Venezuelan VP demands US free Maduro and vows to defend nation Man does DNA test on "weird ...

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A convicted rapist has been sentenced for forcing a transgender inmate at Rikers Island into performing sex acts three years ago, authorities said Wednesday. Kelvin Williams, ...

A 32-year-old detainee died at Rikers Island Sunday, marking the 14th death in New York City jails this year. Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died early Sunday morning after being found unwell in his cell marking the 14th death at the jail complex this year, New York City Department of Correction officials said.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A man died after guards found him looking unwell in his Rikers Island cell, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections. The medical emergency happened around ...

A 32-year-old Rikers Island inmate died behind bars early Sunday — the 14th in-custody death at the Big Apple jail complex this year, Correction Department officials said. Aramis Furse “appeared ...