A 32-year-old Rikers Island inmate died behind bars early Sunday — the 14th in-custody death at the Big Apple jail complex this year, Correction Department officials said. Aramis Furse “appeared ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died early Sunday morning after being found unwell in his cell marking the 14th death at the jail complex this year, New York City Department of Correction officials said.

One female correction officer at Rikers Island walks around the troubled jail complex with her back to the wall after a male inmate grabbed her rear end. Another wakes up in cold sweats reliving the ...

City officials would like to release several hundred people sent to Rikers Island for minor parole violations, near the end of their sentences or detained on low bail. Public defenders and advocates ...