Investigation launched after Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – marking first prisoner death of 2025
Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most ...
Man held on Rikers Island sucker-punches female corrections officer, causing severe head injury
A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, ...
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How Faith Ringgold’s mural for incarcerated women escaped Rikers Island
A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...
Colossal9d
A New Documentary Traces How a Faith Ringgold Mural at Rikers Island Helped Women Break Free
Faith Ringgold painted a vibrant mural at the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island. A few years later, it was ...
Hyperallergic10d
The Tumultuous Journey of Faith Ringgold’s Rikers Mural
As the film tells it, the story of this mural is also that of the crisis at Rikers and of “prison” in spectacular decay — ...
The Independent9d
NYC mayor to allow immigration officials to operate at Rikers jail after Trump border czar meeting
Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive ...
The Washington Post10d
NYC mayor to allow immigration officials to operate at Rikers jail after Trump border czar meeting
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city’s Rikers Island jail following a meeting Thursday with President Donald Trump ...