The young detainee who appears to have died of a ruptured appendix and infection began showing serious medical issues in the ...

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...

A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

Her death is the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, and follows that of Ariel Quidone, 20, last week and ...

Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released last week by the ...

The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission convened by the City Council ...

The population on Rikers Island has risen ... The Green Haven state prison in Dutchess County, February 20, 2025. Photo by ...

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A report by the Lippman Independent Commission challenges the city’s acquiescence toward failing to replace the existing dilapidated jails.

Rikers was heavily criticized in the 1970s and ’80s for overpopulation, dangerous conditions and violence against incarcerated adolescents. Under then-New York City Mayor Ed Koch, the public began ...

Adrienne Adams convened the commission in the somewhat more peaceful days of 2023, before she was challenging Eric Adams’ reelection. The 114-page report found, in short, that Rikers can’t close by ...

But this is not the case anymore. In fact, the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey announced in late 2024 that LaGuardia ...