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

The article Rikers Island Detainee Dies After Medical Episode At Jail, Officals Say appeared first on New York City Patch. NEW YORK CITY — A 33-year-old man, who was detained at Rikers Island, died on ...

A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...

NYC Department of Correction (DOC) said a 33-year-old man, Edwin Quispe, who was detained on Rikers Island has died.