Investigation launched after Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – marking first prisoner death of 2025
Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most ...
Investigation launched after Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – marking first detainee death of 2025
Ramel Powell, 38 – who was being held since July of 2023 in connection to a Manhattan attack from May of that year – died ...
Queens Chronicle12h
Adams says bring ICE back to Rikers
Mayor Adams seeks to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents back onto Rikers Island, he said in a statement ...
Queens Daily Eagle10h
Man held on Rikers for 19 months becomes first to die in jails in 2025
A 38-year-old man named Ramel Powell became the first person to die on Rikers Island in 2025. The Department of Correction ...
The New York Times23h
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Rewriting History, Trump Blames Ukraine for War and Calls Zelensky ‘Dictator’ President Trump made an array of false claims as he tried to cast President Volodymyr Zelensky as a villain who ...