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

Ariel Quidone had been held in the Robert N. Davoren Center at Rikers since March 7 after he was arrested in Manhattan in ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A report by the Lippman Independent Commission challenges the city’s acquiescence toward failing to replace the existing dilapidated jails.

A 21-year-old man suffering from a serious infection who went into medical distress last Thursday in a jail at Rikers Island has died, according to officials and sources. Ariel Quidone had been ...