Rikers Island has first death of 2025, detainee had been held 19 months
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 ...
Investigation launched after Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – marking first prisoner death of 2025
A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing a stranger with a boxcutter died in custody this week – marking the ...
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Rikers Island detainee dies in custody, marking first such death of 2025, city says
The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died ...
NYC Correction Dept. set to order mandatory 12-hour tours for officers again
The department last went to 12-hour tours during the 2021 and 2022 staffing crisis when hundreds of officers went sick ...
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Man held on Rikers for 19 months becomes first to die in jails in 2025
A 38-year-old man named Ramel Powell became the first person to die on Rikers Island in 2025. The Department of Correction ...
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Rikers Island detainee dies in jail complex's first death of 2025
A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in ...