A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in ...

The executive order, issued late Thursday night, will immediately allow immigration officials to reopen offices on the island ...

Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died ...

The death toll for 2025 puts Rikers on track to exceed the five detainee deaths in all of last year, according to Board of ...

Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is fighting to keep control of the troubled complex and other New York City lockups that ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at the Rikers Island jail to work on gang ...

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, along with agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland ...

Ramel Powell, 38, and Sonia Reyes, 55, both died on Rikers Island earlier this year. Terrence Moore, 55, died in Department ...

New York City's Rikers Island jail facility will house federal officials to assist in ongoing criminal investigations ...

The City Council empowered itself Thursday to sue Mayor Adams over his decision to let ICE agents operate on Rikers Island, arguing the move is “the poisonous fruit” of a deal the ...

An executive order says federal immigration agents would work with city officials on criminal investigations only. Critics ...

A newly-released report from the Independent Rikers Commission—commonly known as the Lippman Commission—lays out an urgent ...