A 32-year-old Rikers Island inmate died behind bars early Sunday — the 14th in-custody death at the Big Apple jail complex ...

A 32-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Sunday morning, becoming the 14th person to die in the Department of Correction’s ...

Two Corrections officers were attacked in a brutal four-hour span at Rikers Island Wednesday — including one guard who was ...

Attorneys and families of people incarcerated on Rikers Island blasted the Department of Correction on Wednesday for what ...

A federal judge recently threatened to send in a receiver to take over the notorious prison, which could soon home the man ...

So far this year 14 people have died at Rikers or shortly after being released from custody there, according to Gothamist’s ...

William Furse can recall the exact moment when he received the devastating news that his 32-year-old son, Aramis, had died while in custody on Rikers Island. “My daughter ...

A young man who allegedly came to North Queens to do doughnuts and cause a ruckus with his friends is now stuck in North Queens.But instead of spinning his tires ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died early Sunday morning after being found unwell in his cell marking the 14th death at the jail ...

RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The ...