A 39-year-old man being held pre-trial on Rikers Island was found dead in the cell he was being held in on Sunday evening, marking the 19th time a person in Department of Correction custody has died this year.
Read MoreThe city and its Department of Correction has agreed to pay a class of individuals formerly detained on Rikers Island up to $300 million for allegedly failing to release them in a timely manner after they posted bail.
Read MoreStaffers with the city’s Department of Correction allegedly tampered with internal records to cover up instances where newly incarcerated people were held for over 24 hours in intake cells on Rikers Island, the Legal Aid Society and the Board of Correction alleged this week.
Read MoreThe Department of Correction passed a grim milestone this week when Robert Pondexter became the 16th person to die either in DOC custody or shortly after being granted compassionate release.
Read MoreA detained man hanged himself inside a staff bathroom on Rikers Island on Wednesday morning, marking the 14th time this year an incarcerated person has died while under the watch of the officers and officials charged with running the city’s failing jail complex.
Read MoreA group of lawmakers made an unannounced visit to Rikers Island this week and found that while conditions appear to be improving in some areas, others remain concerning, they said.
Read MoreIt was one of the first times Mayor Eric Adams, who has often criticized criminal justice reforms passed in the city and state prior to his election, has cast doubt on the city’s efforts to close Rikers Island by 2027, as mandated by city law.
Read MoreThough there has yet to be a case detected in the city’s jails, the Legal Aid Society is calling on the city to be more transparent with its plans for vaccinating and treating its incarcerated population for monkeypox.
Read MoreThe city has yet to issue any updates on the transfer of Rikers Island facilities to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, after Mayor Eric Adams announced the July transfer would not happen.
Read MoreAmid the city’s heat wave, public defense attorneys are calling on the Department of Correction to better protect incarcerated individuals from the soaring temperatures.
Read MoreA 31-year-old detainee on Rikers Island died Sunday night, marking the tenth death in Department of Correction custody this year.
Read MoreAttorneys representing incarcerated clients on Rikers Island argued in court that the Department of Correction has been potentially fudging its data to show that it’s in compliance with its mandate to offer medical care to people in custody.
Read MoreFollowing the deaths of three detainees in less than a week, Mayor Eric Adams made a trip to Rikers Island on Wednesday to tout the Department of Correction’s clamp down on illegal weapons and to defend the agency's officers who have come under fire in the past year for missing work in large numbers.
Read MoreFor the seventh and eighth times this year, two people detained on Rikers Island died while in Department of Correction custody on Monday and Tuesday.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams and his Department of Corrections commissioner, Louis Molina, will remain in control of Rikers Island for at least several months longer, a federal judge ruled this week.
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