A detainee trying to escape the city’s jail barge in the Bronx climbed a fence and jumped roughly 50 feet into the East River on Tuesday, officials and sources said. Correction Department sou… ...

The Rikers Island inmate who escaped a jail barge and leaped into the East River has died, his attorney confirmed to The Post Wednesday — marking the city’s 15th inmate death this year ...

The Bain Center is a 625-foot barge that was supposed to be temporary when it opened as a jail in 1992. It is docked in the East River near Rikers Island, the city's main jail complex.

An inmate who jumped into the East River from a New York City jail barge has died, the city Department of Correction announced Wednesday. Gregory Acevedo, 48, was pronounced dead at about 11 p.m ...

A Department of Correction detainee died after he climbed a fence and jumped into the East River on Tuesday, marking the 15th city jails-related death this year, officials said. Gregory Acevedo ...

Investigators said the contractor drilled 50 feet down into the East River, then another 50 feet through the soil. That's when the drill cracked the cast-iron liner above the tunnel's exhaust duct.

THE BRONX (PIX11) — A detainee on New York City’s Bronx jail barge climbed a recreation yard fence and jumped into the East River on Tuesday morning, officials said. The detainee jumped from ...