A teenager accused of repeatedly taking city subway trains on high-speed joyrides will have to spend more than a month on ...

An inmate died of a medical emergency in the bathroom of a Rikers Island facility Tuesday morning – marking the eighth reported death of an inmate at the city’s jails this year, officials said. A ...

Bitcoin torture suspect John Woeltz was freed on $1 million bond after two months in custody for allegedly kidnapping and ...

As extreme heat ravages New York City this summer, the lives of thousands detained on Rikers Island hang in the balance. Last ...

A former Rikers Island guard was convicted of felony charges after prosecutors say he planted a weapon inside the cell of a ...

A “transgender” illegal alien accused of raping a minor and stalking is facing trial in New York, raising new concerns about ...

Cries of “Justice for Montrell!” echoed Friday afternoon in front of the 40th NYPD Police Precinct in the Bronx as family ...

The departure of New York City's Department of Corrections Commissioner Louis Molina provides a much-needed opportunity for fresh thinking on how to combat over-crowding at Rikers Island. REUTERS ...

Even before it was a prison, Rikers Island was home to crooks. Magistrate Richard Riker, owner of the island in the early 1800s, was a descendant of the German-Dutch von Rycken family, which had he… ...

As did the population on Rikers Island, which hit 5,400 detainees in February 2020, which, at the time, was the smallest population on Rikers in decades. Then, the pandemic struck.

Intelligencer investigations June 28, 2015 9:00 p.m. Inside Rikers Island, Through the Eyes of the People Who Live and Work There By Maurice Chammah ...