A captain and officer conducting a tour around 12:30 a.m. discovered the man unresponsive in his cell at the George R. Vierno ...

A captain and officer conducting a tour around 12:30 a.m. discovered the man unresponsive in his cell at the George R. Vierno ...

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

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 ...

NEW YORK -- A City Council committee grilled the head of the Department of Correction on Tuesday as Rikers Island grapples with its highest death toll in nearly a decade. Outside City Hall ...

New York City lawmakers on Thursday moved a step closer to closing Rikers Island, a massive jail complex notorious for violence and dysfunction that is increasingly seen as a relic.

New York City jails have a long history of abuse and negligence toward the incarcerated population. Rikers was heavily criticized in the 1970s and ’80s for overpopulation, dangerous conditions and ...

The New York City Department of Correction is warning public defender groups of "an emerging COVID-19 crisis at Rikers Island" as the state has recently seen a record uptick in cases.

The capacity of the four borough-based jails intended to replace Rikers Island has grown to 4,160 from the initial 3,300 beds, but even that still falls far short of the roughly 6,500 people who were ...

The New York City Council voted overwhelmingly to close Rikers Island jail Thursday and open four new borough-based facilities instead. “Today is a day that the history books will look back on ...