Rikers Island

A former prisoner in the women’s jail on Rikers Island is suing New York City, alleging jail staff ignored her warnings in 2022 that a transgender woman housed among females was actually a man pretending to be a woman in order to prey on the opposite sex behind bars

Chris Glorioso reports for NBC New York’s I-Team. 

Over the objections of Mayor Eric Adams, New York City lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday meant to ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails.

Rikers Island has been plagued by violence for years and is now on the verge of a federal takeover. Myles Miller takes a look inside.

Another person in custody on Rikers Island was pronounced dead on Thursday, according to the New York City Department of Correction. This latest development brings the death toll at the troubled jail complex to nine this year, according to the New York Daily News. The Department of Correction has not released the name of the person who was discovered unresponsive…

After more than three decades, New York City’s “floating jail” in the East River is finally set to close. The Department of Correction says the Vernon C. Bain Center will close in October. Close to 500 people in custody and 200 correction officers will be moved off “the boat” and into jails on Rikers Island and other facilities. “The reason...

The Democratic mayor has fiercely resisted the notion of an outside intervention and touted his administration’s efforts to reduce slashing and staff absenteeism.

News 4’s Myles Miller reports.

A federal prosecutor says his office will seek to have control of New York City’s trouble-plagued Rikers Island jail complex taken away from Mayor Eric Adam’s administration in favor of a court-appointed outside authority.

Advocates for detainees have long believed a federal receivership is necessary to stem the violence on Rikers Island, where 19 people died last year, the highest number in a quarter of a century.

A court-appointed monitor is urging a judge to begin contempt proceedings against New York City over conditions at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex, setting the stage for a potential federal takeover of the jail system in the nation’s most populous city.

Facing the looming prospect of a federal takeover, New York City’s troubled Rikers Island jail complex is failing to meet a court-ordered requirement to properly clean and maintain its facilities, according to a new report issued by a federal monitor. In a progress report released Thursday, the monitor described a decrepit jail complex where detainees are forced to live...

News 4’s Myles Miller has an exclusive look at the new training program for Rikers Island correction officers.

A federal judge will once again consider a court takeover of New York City’s troubled jail system. The move follows reporting by a federal monitor that found the leadership of Rikers Island has repeatedly sought to suppress information about detainee deaths and injuries.

The fire department says 15 of the injured were taken to hospitals for treatment, while the other five declined medical attention.

A 65-year-old man being detained at Rikers Island has died, the New York City Department of Correction said. Marvin Pines was pronounced dead around 6:15 a.m. Saturday in the North Infirmary Command, the DOC said in a press release. The man’s cause of death is under investigation and will be determined by the medical examiner. Pines was placed into...

A New York City condo owner was sent to Rikers three times for a total of six months over a property dispute. Now he’s telling his story to NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace.

A New York City financial trader spent a total of 181 days behind bars at Rikers Island — not for a crime, but rather for “willfully failing” to obey a court order connected to a property dispute

A 39-year-old man sent to Rikers Island for reportedly stealing perfume from a popular beauty chain store died Sunday from a suspected overdose. Edgardo Mejias became the 19th detainee to die in the troubled jail system when officials found the man unresponsive in the Anna M. Kross Center. He was declared dead at approximately 5 p.m., the Department of Correction…

Dyjuan Tatro was incarcerated in a New York state prison for 12 years and he says the system was designed to marginalize him and punish him, not rehabilitate, and that’s one of the many reasons why he and other advocates say Rikers Island need to shut down. NBC New York’s Kay Angrum reports.