Powers’ first visit to Rikers Island came shortly after her election in 2021, when the jails were in an acute state of crisis.
Rikers Island, New York City's most notorious jail complex, sits in the water between the Bronx and Queens. When I visited the complex in April 2025, I expected it to be hard to reach — and I wasn't ...
Mayor Mamdani is now running the city, but soon he and the Department of Correction will not be running Rikers Island, the troubled jail, as Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain is due to ...
A 39-year-old man died while in custody at Rikers Island on Wednesday morning, marking the first reported death at the troubled jail since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office. Barry Cozart died while ...
NBC Los Angeles: Mayor de Blasio Wants to Shut Down Notorious Rikers Island Jail Complex
The mayor said Friday that he wants to close the city's troubled Rikers Island jail complex, though he cautioned that doing so would be difficult and take at least a decade. "It will take many years ...
Mayor de Blasio Wants to Shut Down Notorious Rikers Island Jail Complex
New Hampshire Public Radio: Former Vermont corrections commissioner appointed to oversee Rikers Island jail
Nick Deml, former Vermont corrections commissioner, was appointed to take over Rikers Island jail in New York City, pictured on . His appointment is the latest in a decade-long effort to ...
A federal judge chose an ex-CIA officer and Vermont corrections commissioner to lead operations at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex – wresting control away from city government. Nicholas Deml, ...