Rikers inmate dies in ‘medical emergency,’ is fifth convict to die in custody in less than two months
A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in ...
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5 inmates have died at Rikers Island in past six weeks, officials say
The New York City Department of Correction confirms Dashawn Jenkins, 27, died while in custody Monday night, just one day after his birthday. Officials say staff noticed he was visibly ill while ...
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Another death in custody at Rikers, officials said — jail on track to outpace last year
Another person died on Rikers Island Monday night, marking the fifth death this year of someone in – or just released – from city Department of Correction custody, officials said Tuesday.
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A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...
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FBI Arrests Correction Officers in Beating Death of Rikers Island Inmate
FBI agents arrested two New York correction officers Wednesday accused of beating to death a Rikers Island inmate, Newsweek reports. A pretrial detainee, 52-year-old Ronald Spear, was killed in ...
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Rikers detainee dies from apparent medical episode, fifth NYC jail-linked death in 6 weeks
A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island died Monday night, bringing the total number of jail-linked deaths there to five in 2025. According to the New York City Department of Correction account ...
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As ‘Close Rikers’ grows ever more impossible, progressives insist ever harder on doing it
The only sane answer is to just build new jails on Rikers Island, and transfer inmates as practical, writes The Post Editorial Board. Leonardo Munoz The de Blasio-era law requiring City Hall to ...
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Rikers Island jails won’t close by 2027 deadline, independent commission finds
New York City will not meet its legally mandated goal of closing Rikers Island by 2027 and replacing it with smaller jails in four boroughs, according to the independent commission responsible for ...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams says 1 of 4 jails to replace Rikers will be a "state-of-the-art mental health facility"
Mayor Eric Adams says one of the four new community jails that were being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with ... to closing Rikers Island. Adams has tapped his new ...
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Rikers Island
That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...