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

The man, who was identified late Tuesday as Edwin Quispe, 33, was found unresponsive in a bathroom at the Eric M. Taylor ...

A man detained at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex died on Tuesday due to a medical emergency, jail officials said, ...

A Correction officer found the man – whose name has not been released pending family notification – lying on the floor of a ...

A Venezuelan migrant who begged a judge to send him to Rikers Island to avoid being taken into custody to waiting immigration agents has been turned over to the feds. Nolveiro Vera Ordonez, 30, was ...

Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in custody more fully.

On March 13, 2025, an incarcerated New Yorker, R.B., who was scheduled to be released from Rikers, was instead handed over by DOC to ICE agents, without a judicial warrant, Bronx Defenders testified.

New York judge extends hold on Rikers Island ICE office Chris Wade | The Center Square contributor June 4, 2025 Rikers Island, in New York City's East River ©CriminalJustice.CityofNewYork.us ...

According to court documents, judges found that reestablishing an ICE office on Rikers Island would risk “damage to reputation, loss of goodwill, and brand tarnishment” to New York City due to ...