The incident occurred in April 2023 when members of the Department of Correction Emergency Services Unit were conducting a contraband search.

The video above aired in a previous nescast. THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A former New York City Department of Correction ...

Ex-correction officer Dionisio Rosario gets 90-day jail term for planting weapon in inmate's cell at Rikers Island.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rikers Island is on lockdown after correction officers reported a missing inmate. Sources tell Eyewitness News that the inmate jumped a fence at the Anna M. Kross Center jail, ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Lawyers for the first Rikers Island inmate to die from COVID-19 say he was being held at the notorious New York City jail on a technical parole violation. Michael Tyson, 53, died ...

Surveillance videos show past cases of inmate abuse and neglect. — -- On the ABC News app? Click HERE to watch this interactive video. Rikers Island: the very name has long been synonymous with ...

Greg Ferguson sees evolution at Rikers. — -- At 50, Greg Ferguson is one of the old-timers at Rikers Island, residing at the New York City jail complex since 2011. Felony cases in the Bronx can ...

NEW YORK CITY, New York -- A Rikers Island inmate was quickly caught after trying to escape by jumping into the East River during recreation time Thursday. Authorities said 37-year-old Arthur Brown, ...

The swine flu outbreak spread from city schools to jails with the hospitalization of a Rikers Island inmate Saturday, prompting the jail to cancel weekend visits for some inmates and dole out hand ...