Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at the Rikers Island jail to work on gang ...

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 ...

Federal immigration officials had been barred from the New York City jail complex. The mayor says they can return, but only ...

The move re-establishes ICE at the notorious prison after a decade-long hiatus, officials said. Federal immigration agents have been prohibited from having an office on Rikers since the city passed a ...

The Adams administration unloaded on a Brooklyn lawmaker who championed the closure of Rikers Island then complained about the construction of a new borough-based jail in his own district.

A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island died Monday night, bringing the total number of jail-linked deaths there to five in 2025. According to the New York City Department of Correction account ...

ICE will be allowed to return to Rikers Island under a new executive order — that Mayor Eric Adams opted not to sign himself.