Ramel Powell, 38 – who was being held since July of 2023 in connection to a Manhattan attack from May of that year – died ...
A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, in the first death in the system in 2025, according ...
As her fellow correction officers applauded, Shamika Mitchell, 37, walked out of the hospital after six days spent recovering ...
The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died ...
A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in ...
Mayor Eric Adams vowed to reopen the shuttered ICE office at Rikers Island following a closed-door meeting with President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan Thursday. Adams, in a statement, said he ...
Mr. Reina, 56, is a cook on Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious ... Image The long walk to the kitchen at the Anna M. Kross Center requires passing through several gates and a metal detector.
As the film tells it, the story of this mural is also that of the crisis at Rikers and of “prison” in spectacular decay — ...
A picture she made in 1971 caused a minor scandal—minor for anyone but the artist and the growing number of women prisoners on Rikers Island ... Singer Center, the women's jail, and they ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul and de Blasio announced that nearly all women and trans individuals incarcerated at Rikers Island would be transferred to state custody, amid safety and staffing concerns. William ...
The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...