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 ...
Investigation launched after Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – marking first detainee death of 2025
Ramel Powell, 38 – who was being held since July of 2023 in connection to a Manhattan attack from May of that year – died ...
Queens Chronicle16h
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 ...
Queens Daily Eagle14h
Man held on Rikers for 19 months becomes first to die in jails in 2025
A 38-year-old man named Ramel Powell became the first person to die on Rikers Island in 2025. The Department of Correction ...
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Another Death in NYC Jail, as Mayor Adams Plans to Send in ICE
Activists rally to demand Adams' removal, after a 34th death in custody on his watch. The mayor wants to bring ICE officers ...