ICE wants an office inside NYC’s notorious Rikers Island jail. A judge might end those hopes - New York City Mayor Eric Adams ...

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed ...

The vast majority of people detained at Rikers are waiting for their day in court and have not been convicted of any crime.

The New York City Department of Correction confirms Dashawn Jenkins, 27, died while in custody Monday night, just one day after his birthday. Officials say staff noticed he was visibly ill while ...

Four Rikers Island inmates were indicted Wednesday for a vicious attack on another prisoner over a “petty gang-related beef,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced Wednesday.

RIKERS ISLAND -- A Rikers inmate who escaped custody while at Bellevue Hospital on June 26th is back in custody, according to police. James Mossetty, 35, was arrested and charged on Tueday for ...

BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – An inmate at Rikers Island has been charged with allegedly attacking a transgender inmate inside her jail cell, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced on Friday.

Inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island are suing the city claiming they were trapped in their cells during a jailhouse fire that injured 20 people last year. The lawsuit filed Friday in ...