Katal in the News

Rikers Island is a horrible place to die, and this year, two New Yorkers have already lost their lives there. Barry Cozart, 39, died on March 25, followed shortly by […]

A 49-year-old man from Queens awaiting trial on Rikers Island died on Sunday, becoming the second detainee in the troubled jail complex to die in the last week. John Price, […]

A 39-year-old man died while in custody at Rikers Island on Wednesday morning, marking the first reported death at the troubled jail since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office. Barry Cozart […]

A federal judge has appointed a former CIA officer to take the mayor’s place managingoperations at the jail complex on Rikers Island, part of a decade-and-a-half-longprisoner civil rights case that…

Late last month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislators struck a final deal oncorrectional reforms after a tumultuous year in state prisons, marked by officers beatingprisoners to death and [&hell…

Prison reform advocates blasted last-minute changes made by the governor to a prisonreform bill she signed into law last week. In Albany on Tuesday, prison reform advocates, community leaders and [&he…

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a long-sought package of prison reform bills into law Friday,calling it “landmark” legislation that would improve safety for staff and incarceratedpeople alike. But days l…

In the early morning of December 7, Rikers detainee Aramis Furse was found “unwell” in his cell by an officer. Less than 90 minutes after being transported from the facility […]

Advocates on Tuesday demanded the governor sign a package of bills meant to reformthe state’s troubled prisons, a year after the killing of Robert Brooks put a spotlight onthe worsening […]

BROOKLYN, NY — A 32-year-old man died at Rikers Island early Sunday, marking the14th person to lose their life in city correctional custody this year, officials said. Around 2 a.m., […]

A Brooklyn family is searching for answers after their son, 32-year-old Aramis Furse, died while in custody on Rikers Island.