In March, the Independent Rikers Commission, of which I am a proud member, released an updated blueprint to close Rikers Island. The publication is timely: just three months into 2025, five people ...

He had been at Rikers since July. The Legal Aid Society is calling his death "a stark reminder of the ongoing human rights ...

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 ...

The same week, a non-renewed, non-transformed Rikers Island reported its fifth inmate death of the year: Dashawn Jenkins, 27, who died of a ruptured appendix after days of obvious symptoms that jail ...

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called Rikers Island a “death camp” Monday even as she admitted the troubled jail complex can’t shutter by 2027 — but still refused to say whether she ...

five people have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York or shortly after being released from city custody, equaling the number of detainees who died in all of 2024. The fifth death, on ...

Less than four months into the year -- and the death toll at rikers is already close to surpassing last year's total. "The department is mourning the loss of someone in our care who passed away on ...

A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island ... about each death. “This tragic incident is a stark reminder of the ongoing human rights crisis unfolding at Rikers Island, which houses more people ...

NEW YORK — A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island ... about each death. “This tragic incident is a stark reminder of the ongoing human rights crisis unfolding at Rikers Island, which houses ...