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. ...
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 death toll at Rikers Island jumped to seven this year with two men dying at the notorious jail Friday, officials said. The facility has already surpassed the number of ...
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 ...
