An inmate at Rikers Island died in his prison cell Saturday morning – marking the ninth reported prisoner death at the troubled New York City jail this year, officials said. ...
ALBANY – Understaffing in New York’s beleaguered state prisons helped drive the state’s massive overtime spending to the tune of $445 million — even before Gov. Kathy Hochul canned thousands ...
A Venezuelan migrant who begged a judge to send him to Rikers Island to avoid being taken into custody to waiting immigration agents has been turned over to the feds. ...
The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid Mayor Eric Adams’ office slammed as a ...
