The Latest Breaking News from Rikers Island

A 26-year-old man held at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex died Monday — the 18th such death in 2022 — exactly three years to the day from the start of his pretrial detention in the city jails.

Friday, Federal Monitor Steve Martin will submit his latest report on the situation at the ignominious Rikers Island complex. It will come just over four months after Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the city to put into practice an action plan to address the consistent threat to the…

Is a federal takeover of the troubled jail pending?

Anna Gristina, 54, spent four months on remand in the notorious Rikers Island prison in 2012 after she was caught in an undercover FBI sting.

A once-prominent neurologist convicted last month of sexually abusing patients killed himself Monday at a New York City jail while awaiting sentencing in that case and a trial on federal charges alleging still more abuse, two people familiar with the matter said

NEW YORK — A Department of Correction officer was fired Monday after a Rikers Island inmate died of a suspected overdose.

Just a week ago, New York City convinced a federal judge not to seize control of the jail.

NEW YORK — A detainee died on Rikers Island early Monday — the seventh person to die in custody at the jail complex this year.

A federal judge on Tuesday accepted Mayor Adams’ administration’s plan to fix the staffing and security crisis at Rikers Island — with a promise to review the city’s progress in November.

New York (AFP) - Lezandre Khadu knows all too well the pain that New York's Rikers Island prison can cause.Her son, Stephan, died there -- one of about 20 deaths at the jail in the past 18 months.

‘We are truly heartbroken for this person’s family and loved ones and we wish to express our deepest condolences’ commissioner says