The young detainee who appears to have died of a ruptured appendix and infection began showing serious medical issues in the ...

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

With just three months remaining until the Democratic primary, six candidates vying to become the next mayor of New York City ...

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

In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 ...

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the reality-denying City Council refuses to admit it. The first of the ...

Her death is the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, and follows that of Ariel Quidone, 20, last week and ...

A 55-year-old woman was allegedly found dead inside her cell on Rikers Island early Thursday morning, marking the fourth time ...

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

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