An inmate at Rikers Island died in his prison cell Saturday morning – marking the ninth reported prisoner death at the ...

While the DOC listed Billa as the ninth death, advocates and other city officials include a 10th person, Ariel Quidone, in ...

A man being held on Rikers Island died early Saturday, the 10th inmate being housed in city jails to die this year. City ...

The New York City Department of Correction is investigating the death of an individual who was found unresponsive in his cell ...

A teenager accused of repeatedly taking city subway trains on high-speed joyrides will have to spend more than a month on Rikers Island, or make bail, as she awaits a court-ordered mental health ...

An inmate was found dead in his cell at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island early Saturday morning, according to the ...

A suit accuses New York State’s mental health system of delaying treatment to restore people to competency, leaving them to ...

The judicial appointment of an outside authority to temporarily run Rikers Island offers a rare opportunity to transform one ...

A Rikers Island detainee’s lawsuit against the City of New York and two correctional officers was tossed this week after a federal judge found that his constitutional rights were not violated during a ...

The female Department of Correction officer slugged by a man held on Rikers Island for also sucker-punching an MTA station agent suffered a fractured eye socket and remains in the hospital, but is on ...

Two inmates died at the Rikers Island corrections comples on Friday. Helayne Seidman Less than an hour later, James Maldanado, 56, suffered a medical emergency at approximately 4:30 p.m. while on ...

An inmate was found dead in his cell on Rikers Island early Saturday morning. Noland Arbaugh, who lost movement and sensation ...