Ramel Powell, 38 – who was being held since July of 2023 in connection to a Manhattan attack from May of that year – died ...

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 ...

The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died ...

(Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection) A flourishing Japanese American community on Terminal Island that was forcibly swept out of homes and businesses following the ...

A flourishing Japanese American community on Terminal Island that was forcibly swept out of homes and businesses following the bombing of Pearl Harbor is the focus of renewed attention in the city ...

A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — At least nine prison employees will be charged next week in sealed indictments issued by a grand jury in the death of inmate Robert Brooks, according to a source familiar with ...

There were claims that some 60 prison wardens had assaulted more than 100 prisoners in Taiping prison recently, leading to the death of one inmate. (Facebook pic) Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram ...

In November 2024, Selassie Spencer was sentenced to 75 to 90 years in prison for second-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon in Elliott's death. Two co-defendants, Latrail Washington and Kash ...

The Staten Island Democratic Party formally backed Andrew Cuomo for mayor Thursday – even though the ex-New York governor hasn’t declared he’s running. The executive committee of the borough ...