The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.

Two prisoners died just over an hour apart Friday — one at Rikers Island, and one after a medical emergency on a bus en route ...

Inmates are running wild on Rikers Island amid an ongoing staffing crunch that’s left charges free to stab each other, answer the phones and run through corridors destroying maintenance ...

It’s “Rikers Island: The Movie,” starring real inmates. Unsupervised Rikers Island detainees recently posted two short movies to YouTube giving a remarkable view of life behind bars ...

A New York City correction officer has been fired after an inmate died in the city’s Rikers Island jail, according to a Tuesday statement from the city Department of Correction. The inmate ...

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed ...

A Rikers Island inmate attempted to hang himself in front of an Assembly member and a senator Monday during a chaotic tour of the out-of-control lockup. Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (D ...

While Rikers Island has been criticized for its harsh conditions, the jail will hold two Passover seders this year for Jews behind bars. (New York Jewish Week) — Miriam Tohill, a Jewish chaplain ...