An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...
The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission appointed by the City Council ...
The otherwise healthy young man who died at Elmhurst Hospital after just over a week on Rikers Island had a ruptured appendix ...
A pilot program from the state’s court system meant to reduce the ballooning population on Rikers Island has seen early ...
Rikers Island correction captains and officers revived a man who had overdosed on drugs, and a detainee with a long record of ...
A 21-year-old man died after becoming critically ill in Department of Correction custody last week, according to his family — ...
A New York City correction officer was sentenced to two years’ probation and 250 hours of community service after failing to render aid for nearly eight minutes when an 18-year-old inmate at Rikers ...
An illegal strike by state correction officers was resolved, but its ripple effects are creating more dangerous conditions at ...
Lefty Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer is pushing the city to feed jailbirds “farm-to-table” meals, like ones served up at ...
The current system is deeply broken, and we are failing our city by failing to provide pathways to effective treatment ...
A New Jersey family says they would be heavily impacted by any proposed cuts to Medicaid. The Senate passed a GOP bill that ...
From his jail cell at Rikers Island on Sunday, Harvey Weinstein insisted that the dancing scene in "Down to You" that made ...