Kyron Randall, 33, accused of beating his roommate to death in a Bronx drug treatment center, died after being taken to ...

Aramis Furse has become the 14th person to die in or immediately after he was found “unwell” in his Rikers Island cell.

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.

RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The New York City Department of Corrections said that an officer found 32-year ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city’s criminal justice system. The city is ...

Andrew Cuomo has finally come out for the only sane position on the troubled Rikers Island jail complex: Rebuild it, don’t replace it with smaller, more costly borough ones. Cuomo had previously ...

(CNN) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and ...