A report by the Lippman Independent Commission challenges the city’s acquiescence toward failing to replace the existing dilapidated jails.

The death marks the fifth Correction Department-connected fatality in 2025, matching the mark of five in all of 2024.

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

A 55-year-old woman was allegedly found dead inside her cell on Rikers Island early Thursday morning, marking the fourth time ...

The NYPD is investigating how a Brooklyn man died while in custody at Brooklyn Criminal Court on Friday morning, just weeks ...