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

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

A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing a stranger with a boxcutter died in custody this week – marking the city’s first detainee death in 2025, officials and sources said ...

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

Click HERE to watch this interactive video. Rikers Island: the very name has long been synonymous with violence, fear, abuse of inmates -- including adolescents and the mentally ill.

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.

At least nine Rikers Island inmates recently given a Get Out of Jail Free card by Gov. Hochul have been arrested again, The Post has learned. Among those who fumbled the Sept. 17 free pass is a ...

In the 1970s and 80s farming flourished on Rikers. Inmates worked more than 12 acres of land, producing nearly 100,000 pounds of vegetables that found their way to the institution’s kitchens. But as ...

5 Years and Waiting: Rikers Inmate Wants His Day in Court At 50, Greg Ferguson is one of the old-timers at Rikers Island, residing at the New York City jail since 2011.