Rikers Island is in the spotlight after a guard's suspension following a detainee's death and a lawsuit over another ...
Aramis Furse, 32, was found unresponsive in his jail cell in December. A federal monitor says guards routinely fail to tour ...
NEW YORK — A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein says the convicted movie mogul is being moved to the Rikers Island jail complex. Weinstein had been kept at a New York City hospital since Feb. 24 over ...
Two Emergency Services Unit correction officers were slashed by a detainee with a long history of violence during a routine transfer at Rikers Island Wednesday night. Oliver Sundance, 30, used a ...
Rikers Island must be shut down by 2027, according to a city law enacted during the de Blasio Adminstration in 2019. However, those running this November to be the next NYC mayor aren't so sure that ...