The man had a medical emergency while in a holding area at Manhattan court, according to the city Department of Correction ...

Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most ...

The man was in a holding cell in the lower Manhattan courthouse on Centre St. near Hogan Place when he had a seizure around 4 ...

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 ...

A Rikers Island inmate died while in custody on Monday, marking the second in-custody death of 2025, less than a week after ...

Ramel Powell, 38 - who was being held since July of 2023 in connection to a Manhattan attack from May of that year - died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility ...

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

Still facing a stubborn staffing crunch, the City Department of Correction will require officers to work mandatory 12-hour ...

The man, identified by sources as Ramel Powell, had been held in the Otis Bantum Correctional Center. He was sent to Rikers in July, 2023 – 19 months ago – on a parole violation related to a ...