An inmate at Rikers Island started a fire inside an infirmary at the beleaguered jail Friday night, sources told The Post, leaving at least three people injured. The blaze broke out around 8:15 p ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Four guards at Rikers Island have been suspended. They're accused of standing by as an inmate attempted suicide. Three Department of Correction officers and one captain ...

A Rikers Island inmate put the jail on lockdown Friday morning — after escaping through a hole in a fence, law enforcement sources told The New York Post. The 20-year-old inmate, identified as ...

A New York City correction officer has been fired after an inmate died in the city’s Rikers Island jail, according to a Tuesday statement from the city Department of Correction. The inmate ...

NEW YORK — A RIkers Island inmate discovered missing late Wednesday was apprehended early Thursday on the island by city Department of Correction staff, the agency said. Staff at the isolated ...

Last year, the chief doctor at Rikers Island warned law enforcement officials of the rapid spread of the coronavirus and urged prosecutors to release vulnerable inmates to avoid a “public health ...

Rikers Island jail complex went into lockdown Wednesday evening after a prisoner escaped, according to officials. A Rikers official identified the inmate as Naquan Hill, 24 years old. Peter Thorne ...