Two more detainees died while in the custody of the city over the last week — adding to an alarming trend that also saw a Rikers Island inmate found dead, cops and sources said. Musa Cetin, 29 — a ...

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.

Two officers with the Department of Correction’s Emergency Service Unit were badly slashed by a notoriously violent detainee late Wednesday on Rikers Island, city and union officials said. The ...

Mayor de Blasio at Rikers Island (photo: Mayor's Office) The New York City Council passed eight bills last week in an effort to mandate greater transparency into and oversight of the Department of ...