In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 ...
A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.
The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission appointed by the City Council ...
An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...
A 21-year-old being held on Rikers Island died over the weekend, marking the third detainee death seen at the troubled jail ...
The Independent Rikers Commission, a collective tasked with examining the city’s plan to close Rikers Island, has unveiled a ...
An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds capacity of planned ...
A Lower East Side man likely died of untreated appendicitis hours after his release from Rikers, according to his family, who ...
The otherwise healthy young man who died at Elmhurst Hospital after just over a week on Rikers Island had a ruptured appendix ...