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Incarcerated man is 2nd to die on Rikers Island in a weekSeptember 4, 2025 -
NYC ordered to hand control of Rikers Island to outside managerMay 13, 2025 -
Female correction officer, 33, choked by Rikers inmate: ReportFebruary 20, 2024 -
Rikers inmate charged with attempted murder for beating correction officer unconscious: DASeptember 21, 2023 -
Inmate throws ‘liquid substance’ at councilman during visit to Rikers jail: reportSeptember 23, 2021 -
De Blasio announces emergency actions for Rikers after legislators visit the 'horror island'September 15, 2021 -
Rikers Island medic sues NYC after inmate holds him hostage, threatens to 'chew his face off': reportNovember 23, 2020 -
Correctional officer hospitalized after being attacked by Rikers inmateNovember 21, 2019 -
Manhattan D.A. to provide $100M to launch supervised release program expansionNovember 8, 2019 -
'Free them all': Anti-incarceration activists form human chain at Rikers, demand no new jails in USOctober 12, 2019