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 ...
A 21-year-old man suffering from a serious infection who went into medical distress last Thursday in a jail at Rikers Island has died, according to officials and sources. Ariel Quidone had been ...
The fallout from the 22-day strike by state correction officers which ended Monday has put more than 300 people awaiting transfers to state prison ... people held on Rikers Island are awaiting ...