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 ...

The increase in state-ready prisoners has contributed to a general increase to the population on Rikers Island, which surpassed 7,000 people earlier this year for the first time since 2019. As of late ...

Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...