Rikers Island Inmates Sue NYC Claiming They Were Trapped in Cells During Jail Fire That Injured ... not been convicted of any crime can be locked inside of a burning building and left to suffer ...

A lawyer and a staffer for two different city public defender groups have been locked up alone in Rikers Island ... New York County Defender Services, spent 20 minutes in late January in a cell ...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – Inmates trapped in their cells during a fire at Rikers Island's North Infirmary ... allegedly started a fire inside his cell in a restrictive unit at the NIC ...

A group of men who were trapped inside their cells while a fire broke out in a Rikers Island facility last ... you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance ...

A fire set by an inmate at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail has left 20 people injured on the same day a group of state Democratic lawmakers visited the complex to show opposition to ...

ICE wants an office inside NYC’s notorious Rikers Island jail. A judge might end those hopes - New York City Mayor Eric Adams ...

Eyewitness News has investigated the violence, the staffing levels, even the sexual abuse allegations inside Rikers Island.

NEW YORK — Inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island are suing the city claiming they were trapped in their cells during a jailhouse ... any crime can be locked inside of a burning building ...