Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most ...

The deaths were the first in 2025 to be connected to the Rikers Island jail complex, which may be taken over by a ...

The man had a medical emergency while in a holding area at Manhattan court, according to the city Department of Correction ...

The inmate was at the courthouse for a scheduled hearing that was ultimately waived until late next month, his lawyer said in an interview.

A revised commissary contract the Adams administration said would protect Rikers Island detainees and their families from ...

A 38-year-old man named Ramel Powell became the first person to die on Rikers Island in 2025. The Department of Correction ...

A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, in the first death in the system in 2025, according ...

The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died ...

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.

A deranged vagrant who allegedly slashed a worker at a Brooklyn dollar store and then tried to light his victim on fire was ...

Mayor Adams seeks to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents back onto Rikers Island, he said in a statement ...

A Rikers Island inmate died while in custody on Monday, marking the second in-custody death of 2025, less than a week after ...