A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing a stranger with a boxcutter died in custody this week – marking the city’s first detainee death in 2025, officials and sources said.

The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

Jail is a punishment, but being behind bars should never be a death sentence. A NYC jail is under investigation after a Black ...

A man detained at the Rikers Island jail complex died in custody Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far this year, officials said. The city Department of Correction said it was ...

A 37-year-old man with apparent psychiatric issues accused in a Lower East Side slashing died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, the first death in the system in 2025, according to ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city's Rikers Island jail following a meeting Thursday with President Donald Trump's border czar.

NEW YORK — A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, the first death in the system in 2025, according to officials and sources. The man, identified by sources as Ramel ...

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city’s Rikers Island jail following a meeting Thursday with President Donald Trump ...