Aramis Furse “appeared unwell” at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center around 2 a.m. and was taken to Mount Sinai Queens ...

A 32-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Sunday morning, becoming the 14th person to die in the Department of Correction’s ...

Seeing how he did that…in regular society, due to the laws, he knows that, all right, if I attack an officer here, it’s not ...

Attorneys and families of people incarcerated on Rikers Island blasted the Department of Correction on Wednesday for what ...

A federal judge recently threatened to send in a receiver to take over the notorious prison, which could soon home the man ...

William Furse can recall the exact moment when he received the devastating news that his 32-year-old son, Aramis, had died while in custody on Rikers Island. “My daughter ...

Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The New York City Department of ...

So far this year 14 people have died at Rikers or shortly after being released from custody there, according to Gothamist’s ...

Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum ...

A young man who allegedly came to North Queens to do doughnuts and cause a ruckus with his friends is now stuck in North Queens.But instead of spinning his tires ...

The New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate on Rikers Island. First Deputy Mayor Randy ...