The otherwise healthy young man who died at Elmhurst Hospital after just over a week on Rikers Island had a ruptured appendix ...

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

A Lower East Side man likely died of untreated appendicitis hours after his release from Rikers, according to his family, who ...

A 21-year-old being held on Rikers Island died over the weekend, marking the third detainee death seen at the troubled jail ...

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

A 21-year-old man died after becoming critically ill in Department of Correction custody last week, according to his family — ...

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

A woman died in custody at Rikers Island early Thursday morning, the city’s Department of Correction (DOC) said — making her ...

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

A 21-year-old man suffering from a serious infection who went into medical distress last Thursday in a jail at Rikers Island ...