Two more people held in city jails died by suicide in 2025 and three more fatally overdosed on contraband narcotics, the New ...

Bobby says his chaotic stint in the notorious jail was filled with drugs, fights, and time in solitary confinement.

A lawsuit claims that two areas in the New York City jail are designed so that detainees are effectively in solitary ...

The man, whose name had not been released by Friday, was “experiencing what appeared to be a seizure” at the George R. Vierno Center around 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, according to the city’s Department ...

The family of one of the nearly half dozen men to have died on Rikers Island this summer said in a court filing that the city ...

Nearly 30 people recently told a federal judge that they want to be put in charge of the troubled jail complex and be ...

Murder suspect Jimmy Avila’s brother is a Correction Department captain who was working in the jail unit where Avila was ...

First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro “vehemently” disagreed with Rosado’s decision and remains confident in Adams’ ability to ...

Avila, 34, had been charged in connection with a shooting at a Bronx apartment building that left one person dead and two others wounded. Following his arrest on Aug. 27, he was taken to Lincoln ...

A man died in custody at Rikers Island on Wednesday night after suffering what appeared to be a seizure, the city’s Department of Correction said. He is the 12th person to die in city custody this ...

Three correction officers have been suspended following the death of a man incarcerated at New York City’s troubled Rikers Island, jail officials said.

The city’s executive order to let U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reopen an office on Rikers Island is illegal, ...