Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

The city will be legally barred from using Rikers after 2027, but the move-out can happen only if there are fewer than 5,000 ...

A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New ...

It’s the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, following the death last week of 20-year-old Ariel Quidone, and ...

The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission convened 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 ...

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds the capacity of ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says one of the new jails being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with mental ...

New York City should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated to take place by ...

Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released yesterday by the ...

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