“What this woman did makes it more difficult for the real victims of sexual violence in Rikers Island and the jail system — whether they be inmates or they be female corrections officers who ...

The death of Curtis Davis by suicide in a Rikers Island jail cell in July 2023 prompted a quick flurry of inquiries and recommendations, including calls for bolstered suicide prevention training ...

Two years ago today, Oct. 22, 2022, my son, Erick Tavira, died on Rikers Island at age 28. He took his own life in a solitary ...

The correction officer accused of raping a woman while posing as a television producer coerced four women held at Rikers Island into a ... Singer Center into a locked room in June 2023 where ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

Four Bloods gang members are accused of brutally beating and slashing an inmate at Rikers Island, leaving the detainee with a ...

Notorious New York City landlord Daniel Ohebshalom finds himself in a familiar spot: a jail cell at Rikers Island. The landlord turned himself into the city sheriff’s office on Wednesday to ...

A former Rikers Island correction officer won’t face charges in the 2022 death of an incarcerated person, even though the guard’s failure to render aid to the ailing man violated New York City ...

Lawyers for prisoners on Rikers Island continued in court Wednesday to make the same arguments they have for years — that a massive overhaul is needed to make the city’s jails safer ...

A baby’s visit to Rikers Island took a frightening turn last week when the child started choking on a chip — prompting the city’s Boldest to leap into action to save him. The 1-year-old ...

The goal is to decrease the jail population before Rikers Island's legally mandated closure in August 2027. The plan would prioritize the early disclosure of key evidence in cases to reduce the ...