Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died ...

A newly-released report from the Independent Rikers Commission—commonly known as the Lippman Commission—lays out an urgent ...

Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is fighting to keep control of the troubled complex and other New York City lockups that ...

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in ...

A retired jail guard at Rikers Island was shot and killed by police after he charged at Long Island officers with a knife, ...

The death was the fifth since Feb. 19, when Ramel Powell died at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center. That total matches the ...

Family members of the most recent person to die in custody on Rikers Island said they're struggling to get answers after his ...

Ramel Powell, 38, and Sonia Reyes, 55, both died on Rikers Island earlier this year. Terrence Moore, 55, died in Department ...

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...

In the early 1800s, Richard Riker, a descendant of the family who owned Rikers Island, participated in a kidnapping ring for decades.

The population on Rikers Island has risen to 7,067 people this week ... up from 109,965 in 2023 and 92,662 in 2022, according ...