Rikers Island

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.

Al menos 20 personas fueron arrestados en un masivo operativo sobre la plaga de robos de convertidores catalíticos en el área triestatal de Nueva York.

Federal agents raided the New Jersey mansion of a businessman allegedly involved in a nationwide stolen catalytic converter ring that brought in millions of dollars.

The officer was stabbed 15 times, according to officials, by an inmate who is accused of fatally shooting his pregnant girlfriend in 2021.

An accused killer behind bars at Rikers Island is set to face new charges after repeatedly stabbing a correction officer in a brutal attack, according to officials.

A seventeenth person has reportedly died on the Rikers Island jail complex this year — surpassing the number of in-custody deaths the New York City’s Department of Correction saw in 2021. Erick Tavira, 28, died Saturday while in custody at the George R. Vierno Center, the city reported. His cause of death will be determined by the city’s medical examiner….