A convicted rapist has been sentenced for forcing a transgender inmate at Rikers Island into performing sex acts three years ...

Aramis Furse “appeared unwell” at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center around 2 a.m. and was taken to Mount Sinai Queens ...

Seeing how he did that…in regular society, due to the laws, he knows that, all right, if I attack an officer here, it’s not ...

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

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

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

A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment of an independent manager to fix rampant violence and persistent ...

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

NEW YORK — A commission that supports closing the jail on Rikers Island acknowledged Wednesday the decrepit facility will not be shuttered by the 2027 deadline — and Mayor Eric Adams expressed ...

Jurisdictions across the country are releasing inmates under specific terms. Social distancing, staying 6 feet apart and cleaning surfaces with anti-bacterial products are some of the tools health ...