The moves come after the Daily News reported Oct. 8 that correction staff has been improperly locking seriously mentally ill ...

“These barriers to care have led to extreme conditions, including uncontrollable screaming and individuals smearing their ...

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 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 ...

The family of Charizma Jones, a 23-year-old woman who died after allegedly being denied medical care on Rikers Island, plans to sue the city for $50 million.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 31-year-old man from Rossville assaulted another prisoner in a holding cell at the 120th Precinct ...

Rikers Islands’ security chief was sacked a little more than a week after the correction officers’ called for his ouster over a series of attacks at the troubled jail complex, sources said.

An alleged sex creep locked up on Rikers Island groped New York City Councilwoman ... allegedly locking up mentally ill detainees in their cells for extended periods without access to medication ...

NEW YORK — Four New York City Council members have decried a practice by city jails of locking severely mentally ill people in their cells for ... account of former Rikers Island social worker ...

Curtis Davis was incarcerated at the jail for 54 days and lawyers say while he was there, Davis asked for mental health help ...

“The reports of people with severe mental illness at Rikers Island being ‘deadlocked ... screaming and individuals smearing their cells with feces. Disturbing reports indicate that healthcare ...

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 ...