A 40-year-old man died in New York City jail custody Tuesday morning after he was found unresponsive at Rikers Island, less than 24 hours after a 41-year-old woman died at the women’s jail on the same ...

A 40-year-old man died Tuesday while being detained on Rikers Island, marking the second death within 24 hours to occur at ...

Rajpattie Ramkellawan died at the Rose M. Singer Center at 11:13 a.m. after experiencing a “medical emergency,” a ...

A judge on Wednesday found New York City in contempt for failing to staunch violence and brutality at its jails, a scathing ruling that puts the troubled Rikers Island jail complex on the verge of a ...

Two detainees died on Rikers Island in quick succession of each other on Monday and Tuesday as the jail’s top officials were across the Atlantic, touring jails in Europe.

Alleged package thief Umais Khan, 40, died while in custody at the notorious Rikers Island, marking the fourth death under ...

Rikers Island, New York City's most notorious jail complex, sits in the water between the Bronx and Queens. When I visited the complex in April 2025, I expected it to be hard to reach — and I wasn't ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called to rebuild the Rikers Island jail complex, reversing his previous position to go forward with closing it entirely. Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City ...

The New York jail complex uses video games as part of its strategy to reduce violence with programming for good behaviour.