“These barriers to care have led to extreme conditions, including uncontrollable screaming and individuals smearing their ...

The death of Curtis Davis by suicide in a Rikers Island jail cell in July 2023 prompted a quick flurry of inquiries and recommendations, including calls for bolstered suicide prevention training ...

The moves come after the Daily News reported Oct. 8 that correction staff has been improperly locking seriously mentally ill ...

The family of Charizma Jones, a 23-year-old woman who died after allegedly being denied medical care on Rikers Island, plans to sue the city for $50 million.

The corrections officer found himself inside a cell instead of watching over ... for the real victims of sexual violence in Rikers Island and the jail system — whether they be inmates or they ...

An alleged sex creep locked up on Rikers ... their cells for extended periods without access to medication and treatment. “The reports of people with severe mental illness at Rikers Island ...

Councilmember Sandy Nurse said she was assaulted by a person in custody during a visit to Rikers Island ... where jail staff reportedly lock mentally-ill inmates in their cells for days or weeks ...

“These barriers to care have led to extreme conditions, including uncontrollable screaming and individuals smearing their cells with ... Vierno Center, a jail at Rikers Island.

NEW YORK — New York City jail officials are ... detainees are locked in their cells and providing daily internal updates in each of the seven lockups on Rikers Island, sources told the Daily ...

“These barriers to care have led to extreme conditions, including uncontrollable screaming and individuals smearing their cells with ... Vierno Center, a jail on Rikers Island.