Aramis Furse “appeared unwell” at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center around 2 a.m. and was taken to Mount Sinai Queens ...

Inmate Kelvin Williams received a five-year sentence for sexually abusing a transgender inmate and for separate incidents ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died early Sunday morning after being found unwell in his cell marking the 14th death at the jail ...

Officials say an officer found Aramis Furse unwell in his cell at around 2 a.m. where he was being held at Otis Bantum ...

After a mentally ill Bradley Ballard made a lewd gesture to a female guard at the Rikers Island jail, he was locked in his cell alone for seven increasingly agitated days in which he was denied some ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Lawyers for the first Rikers Island inmate to die from COVID-19 say he was being held at the notorious New York City jail on a technical parole violation. Michael Tyson, 53, died ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city’s criminal justice system. The city is ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rikers Island is on lockdown after correction officers reported a missing inmate. Sources tell Eyewitness News that the inmate jumped a fence at the Anna M. Kross Center jail, ...

Jurisdictions across the country are releasing inmates under specific terms. Social distancing, staying 6 feet apart and cleaning surfaces with anti-bacterial products are some of the tools health ...