Two city correction officers were left with serious injuries after the attacks, which happened in two different holding areas ...
A Rikers Island inmate has been indicted on charges of second-degree Assault and other offenses after allegedly attacking a ...
Three former correctional officers, a Rikers Island program counselor, a jails contractor and a detainee were all charged ...
Federal prosecutors said the defendants accepted bribes and smuggled in contraband, including drugs, for detainees at the ...
De Los Santos and Webster are both Bronx residents, and Washington and Davila are Brooklyn residents. All six defendants ...
The city Medical Examiner’s office has yet to issue a cause of death, but a source familiar with the case said Savage was suffering from cancer. Savage had been transferred to Rikers Island on ...
A woman who was jailed at Rikers Island in New York has detailed the abuse she says she suffered at the hands of prison guards. It’s reportedly been eight years since "Jeny" was released from ...
Three former correction officers, one program counselor, a contractor, and an inmate are facing federal charges, according to court documents. Former Rikers Island correction officer Carlos Rivera ...
New York City has agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a suspect being held on Rikers Island that exposed serious breakdowns by both correction and medical staff ...
These days, as an inmate at Rikers Island — New York City’s largest and most notorious jail — Padilla, 45, has drawn even closer to Judaism. Since being imprisoned at the 413-acre East River ...