The man may have experienced some kind of seizure just before 8 p.m. Wednesday in the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers ...

Jimmy Avila, 34 – arrested in connection to the Wednesday murder of 37-year-old Ryan Hines inside a Mount Eden apartment ...

As a federal judge contemplates who to assign to take over managing Rikers Island, a Staten Island man has become the 12th ...

The crisis within New York City’s troubled jail system has taken another devastating turn, as officials confirmed the deaths ...

Carlos Cruz wanted to "live a different life" when he finished his prison sentence, according to his attorney.

An inmate at Rikers Island died in his prison cell Saturday morning – marking the ninth reported prisoner death at the ...

The death of the 29-year-old, who was found in his cell after midnight, is the latest of several at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York.

A Department of Correction captain and two correction officers have been suspended following the death of a detainee inside his Rikers Island cell early Saturday morning as investigators probe whether ...

Mayor Eric Adams visited Rikers Island on Wednesday to get an up-close look at a sampling of the weapons recovered from the jail since February.