Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most ...

A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, in the first death in the system in 2025, according ...

The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died ...

The reaction to the mayor’s deal with the Trump administration to re-open ICE immigration operations on Rikers Island has ...

A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in ...

“We talked about getting a presence in Rikers Island, we talked about how we can collaborate on public safety threats,” Homan said Sunday. The DOJ recently ordered federal prosecutors to drop ...

Council Member Robert Holden has praised Mayor Eric Adams for reopening the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office ...

“We talked about getting a presence in Rikers Island, we talked about how we can collaborate on public safety threats,” Homan said Sunday. The DOJ recently ordered federal prosecutors to drop ...

Go to jail to make the big bucks. Top Corrections Department overtime hogs at Rikers Island logged so many hours last year, it was the equivalent of six extra hours per day, 365 days a year ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino discusses plans to reopen the ICE office on Rikers Island on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’ ...