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Hundreds of mentally ill people are routinely trapped on Rikers Island for months at a time without court-ordered treatment ...

A suit accuses New York State’s mental health system of delaying treatment to restore people to competency, leaving them to ...

The city is piloting a program that gives Rikers Island detainees municipal IDs in the hopes that it eases their transition ...

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

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

Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died since New York City Mayor Eric Adams assumed office in 2022.

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.

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 ...

Federal monitor wants NYC held in contempt over Rikers Island NEW YORK -- There are more legal troubles Tuesday for the Adams administration as it struggles to reduce violence on Rikers Island.