Rikers Island Rikers detainee dies during basketball game in first in-custody death of 2024 Posted on January 4, 2024
Police & Fire Transgender rights activists demand fair treatment from NY State Sheriffs Posted on October 23, 2023
Brooklyn Paper City backtracks on key commitments for new 15-story, 1,040-bed Boerum Hill jail, locals say
Education Diplomas of hope: Rikers Island celebrates 43 high school graduates of its East River Academy program Posted on June 13, 2023
Courts Ex-Correction captain at ‘Tombs’ convicted of criminally negligent homicide for inmate death Posted on March 14, 2023
Politics Rivera introduces bill to identify incarcerated people for alternative release Posted on October 31, 2022
Rikers Island Documents appear to suggest that Corrections Department staff may have tampered with Rikers Island intake data Posted on October 17, 2022
Police & Fire Corrections Department suspends guards after Rikers Island inmate fatally slashed his throat Posted on August 31, 2022
Police & Fire Former neurologist convicted of sex abuse found dead in apparent Rikers Island suicide Posted on August 15, 2022
Lower Manhattan ‘We demand action now!’ Recent Rikers Island deaths renew advocates’ call for major reforms Posted on May 17, 2022
Bronx De Blasio tells reporters Adams made verbal commitment to continue Rikers Island closure plan Posted on September 23, 2021
Manhattan U.S. government to close New York jail where Epstein found hanged – NYT Posted on August 27, 2021
Politics Incarcerated New Yorkers deserve their right to vote, Public Advocate Williams says Posted on April 16, 2021
Coronavirus Body of Brooklyn prisoner who died of COVID-19 after getting vaccine finally released to family Posted on February 14, 2021
The Villager Inching closer to borough-based approach, City Council approves ban on future Rikers Island jails Posted on October 10, 2019
The Villager Inching closer to borough-based approach, City Council approves ban on future Rikers Island jails Posted on October 10, 2019
May 3, 7 pm Call The Babysitter It’s Time For Parent’s Night Out at The Island’s First Porterhouse Party and Casino Night! No Kids Allowed! Mount Loretto