Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum ...

A man died after guards found him looking unwell in his Rikers Island cell, according to a spokesperson for the Department of ...

Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The New York City Department of ...

So far this year 14 people have died at Rikers or shortly after being released from custody there, according to Gothamist’s ...

A detainee died on Rikers Island Sunday, marking the 14th death in City jails this year. The man, whose name was not ...

The agency put more women at risk because it did not take allegations made by formerly incarcerated women seriously, the ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died early Sunday morning after being found unwell in his cell marking the 14th death at the jail ...

On the afternoon of Dec. 11, Kerri Aherne, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, allegedly entered a bathroom inside the Macy’s ...

Attorneys and families of people incarcerated on Rikers Island blasted the Department of Correction on Wednesday for what ...

The union representing Rikers Island’s correction officers is suing the city for reinstating forced 12-hour shifts, arguing ...

I am being tortured by the government,” she insisted. “They put words into my head. They told me that I had to kill or they ...