Foster, 21, allegedly attacked a Rikers corrections officer even after she doused him with pepper spray to defend herself ...
Six people have been charged with corruption at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, United States Attorney for ...
A Rikers Island inmate has been indicted on charges of second-degree Assault and other offenses after allegedly attacking a ...
NEW YORK-- New York City has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a Rikers Island inmate who suffered severe brain damage after he attempted to hang himself while ...
There is hope. Video obtained by the NBC New York I-Team shows Rikers Island correction officers failing to intervene — for nearly eight minutes — as an inmate hangs himself in their plain view.
Their actions made Rikers Island “less safe, for inmates and officers alike,” Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement, adding that the ...
NEW YORK - An astonishing 719 sexual assault lawsuits have been filed against the Department of Correction by female inmates ...
It was a very Good Friday for Mayor Adams, who was baptized with inmates on Rikers Island in what he said was a recommitment to the city and to his faith. “This is Resurrection Sunday coming up ...
He even has a Star of David and the Hebrew letters for God tattooed on his chest and arms. These days, as an inmate at Rikers Island — New York City’s largest and most notorious jail — Padilla, 45, ...
He will be sent to the North Infirmary Command on Rikers Island which includes inmates with serious medical conditions. Instead of his usual smart attire Weisselberg was dressed in an olive ...
These days, as an inmate at Rikers Island — New York City’s largest and most notorious jail — Padilla, 45, has drawn even closer to Judaism. Since being imprisoned at the 413-acre East River ...