NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rikers Island is on lockdown after correction officers reported a missing inmate. Sources tell Eyewitness News that the inmate jumped a fence at the Anna M. Kross Center jail, ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died early Sunday morning after being found unwell in his cell marking the 14th death at the jail complex this year, New York City Department of Correction officials said.

A 32-year-old Rikers Island inmate died behind bars early Sunday — the 14th in-custody death at the Big Apple jail complex this year, Correction Department officials said. Aramis Furse “appeared ...

An inmate died of an apparent seizure at Rikers Island this week – marking the fifth death in city custody in less than two weeks and the 11th at Rikers this year, officials said. The man, whose name ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system. The city is ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city’s criminal justice system. The city is ...