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New York Post on MSN · 2d

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 notorious lockup, according to the Department of Correction.

Gothamist · 3d

Rikers Island detainee dies in custody, marking first such death of 2025, city says

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

New York Daily News · 3d

Rikers Island has first death of 2025, detainee had been held 19 months

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 to officials and sources. The man, identified by sources as Ramel

Hosted on MSN · 3d

Rikers Island detainee dies in jail complex's first death of 2025

A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in 2025, according to the New York City Department of Correction.

Mayor Adams wants immigration officers back on Rikers. Can he do that?

Mayor Eric Adams announced last week that he is preparing an executive order that would welcome U.S. Immigration and Custom ...

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Former NY ICE official applauds ‘critical’ move to reopen Rikers Island to feds

A former assistant chief at New York’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office heralded Mayor Eric Adams’ vow to ...

Queens Chronicle3d

Adams says bring ICE back to Rikers

Mayor Adams seeks to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents back onto Rikers Island, he said in a statement ...

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NYC move to reopen ICE office on Rikers Island stirs passion on both sides

The reaction to the mayor’s deal with the Trump administration to re-open ICE immigration operations on Rikers Island has ...

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After Meeting With Trump’s Border Czar, Adams Opens Rikers to ICE Agents

The executive order seems to get around New York City’s sanctuary laws designed to prevent cooperation with the enforcement ...

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NYC mayor to allow immigration officials to operate at Rikers jail after Trump border czar meeting

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city’s Rikers Island jail ...

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams promises to reopen ICE office on Rikers Island after meeting with Trump border czar

New York Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday met with border czar Tom Homan and federal officials for a closed-door meeting to ...

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