A federal judge recently threatened to send in a receiver to take over the notorious prison, which could soon home the man accused of shooting Brian Thompson.

Kyron Randall, 33, accused of beating his roommate to death in a Bronx drug treatment center, died after being taken to ...

The death toll on Rikers Island continued to rise to its second-highest point in the past four years on Monday when a 33-year-old detainee died after allegedly having an allergic reaction in the ...

A former Rikers Island detainee has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit accusing two city correction officers of sexually ...

Aramis Furse has become the 14th person to die in or immediately after he was found “unwell” in his Rikers Island cell.

A 32-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Sunday morning, becoming the 14th person to die in the Department of Correction’s custody this year.

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed after ...

Kyron Randall, 33, is the 15th person to die this year either at Rikers or while in medical care shortly after being released from custody.

Inmate Kelvin Williams received a five-year sentence for sexually abusing a transgender inmate and for separate incidents ...

The “Close Rikers” madness surrounding the city’s controversial and dysfunctional jail complex has been with us for almost a decade, with no endgame in sight. Yes, Mayor Adams says the jail complex is ...

The New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate on Rikers Island. First Deputy Mayor Randy ...