Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most ...

A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, in the first death in the system in 2025, according ...

The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died ...

A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing a stranger with a boxcutter died in custody this week – marking the city’s first detainee death in 2025, officials and sources said.

Mayor Adams seeks to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents back onto Rikers Island, he said in a statement ...

Mayor Eric Adams announced last week that he is preparing an executive order that would welcome U.S. Immigration and Custom ...

Brandon Hunter was arrested again Feb. 5 after he was caught with the drugs and in the same Midtown spot, according to ...

President Trump’s “border czar” on Sunday pushed back on allegations that prosecutors were ordered to dismiss charges against ...

Brandon Hunter was arrested again Feb. 5 after he was caught with the drugs and in the same Midtown spot, according to ...

A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, the first death in the system in 2025, according to ...