Lower Manhattan 18 hours of action: Rikers Island closure demands repeated at Lower Manhattan protest Posted on November 3, 2022
Rikers Island Rikers Island violence: Corrections officer stabbed 15 times by inmate in bloody attack Posted on November 1, 2022
Rikers Island Another Rikers Island inmate dies while in custody in the jail Posted on October 31, 2022
Rikers Island Criminal justice reform panel addresses challenges facing Rikers closure Posted on October 27, 2022
PoliticsNY Zeldin decries law that limits solitary confinement use as he gets city corrections officers’ union’s backing
Bronx Latest Rikers Island inmate suicide fuels more outrage from activists who demand facility’s closure Posted on October 23, 2022
Politics NYC Comptroller calls for a federal receiver to be appointed at Rikers Posted on October 13, 2022
Health ‘Solitary confinement is inhumane’: Corrections commissioner tells Council hearing he regrets policy but opposes proposed ban on it Posted on September 28, 2022
Courts Rikers Island correction officers admit to accepting thousands in bribe money to smuggle in contraband Posted on September 20, 2022
Coronavirus Yet another Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – the third since August Posted on September 14, 2022
Health Elected officials pay unannounced visit to Rikers Island after release of troubling report Posted on September 12, 2022
Police & Fire Corrections Department suspends guards after Rikers Island inmate fatally slashed his throat Posted on August 31, 2022
Bronx Pols find seven Rikers Island detainees in solitary-like confinement during surprise visit; Adams fires back at criticism Posted on August 29, 2022
Queens ‘My son died an innocent man’: Family of Rikers Island inmate sues city on first anniversary of his death in solitary confinement Posted on August 10, 2022
Queens ‘You talk about hope, but sometimes you need to see it’: Gospel singers Mary Mary perform concert inside Rikers Island Posted on July 31, 2022
Bronx Times Jacobi Hospital’s ‘Just Home’ seeks to house formerly jailed with medical needs, but residents say ‘criminals’ not welcome
Queens ‘Rikers Island is a hellhole’: City pols, Corrections Department spar over surprise visit amid heatwave Posted on July 27, 2022
Politics Rikers Island crisis comes to UN, as protesters voice their concerns while Mayor Adams addressed assembly Posted on July 18, 2022
Police & Fire Another incarcerated man dies while in custody on Rikers Island: DOC Posted on July 15, 2022
Queens Another Rikers Island death: Ninth inmate dies in correctional facility this year Posted on July 11, 2022
Queens Rikers Island turmoil: Mayor Adams meets with inmates as religious leaders host City Hall vigil Posted on July 7, 2022
News Seventh inmate dies on Rikers Island this year under unknown circumstances Posted on June 20, 2022
Queens EXCLUSIVE: Jailhouse rock at Rikers Island, as Christian rock artists Kirk Franklin and Maverick City perform for incarcerated Posted on June 19, 2022
Politics Federal judge endorses ‘Rikers Action Plan’ allowing city to retain control of notorious jail while reforming it Posted on June 14, 2022
Health Protestors erect prison graveyard outside New York Capitol amid prison crisis Posted on June 1, 2022
Police & Fire Murder-robbery suspect is third Rikers Island inmate to die in custody this month Posted on May 29, 2022
Politics Another Rikers Island inmate dies less than a day after NYC and feds agree to reform plan Posted on May 18, 2022
Lower Manhattan ‘We demand action now!’ Recent Rikers Island deaths renew advocates’ call for major reforms Posted on May 17, 2022
Health ‘How many more people have to die’: Activists demand Justice Department intervention at Rikers Posted on May 16, 2022
Health Mayor Adams appoints Rikers Island task force to address crisis of neglect and death Posted on May 12, 2022
Police & Fire Another Rikers Island inmate dies in custody amid looming threat of federal takeover Posted on May 8, 2022
Op-Ed Op-Ed | We must protect incarcerated people and reduce crime when prisons close down Posted on March 27, 2022
Politics Families of those deceased in city jails urge Governor to halt bail policy changes: letter Posted on March 25, 2022
Politics Decarceration advocates furious over third Rikers Island death, call out Governor for ‘mass incarceration’ agenda Posted on March 21, 2022
Op-Ed Op-Ed | NYS must ensure the full implementation of the Less Is More Act Posted on March 10, 2022
Bronx Times In wake of 1st inmate death at Rikers this year, activists call for facility’s closure and mass decarceration
Bronx Times City accuses Bronx funeral home operator of exploiting grief-stricken families, ‘predatory treatment’