Veo Kelly has been held without bail on Rikers Island awaiting trial for attacking Samyia and Sanyia Spain, 19.

A Rikers Island detainee died Wednesday while receiving palliative care at a local hospital, according to the New York City ...

A 51-year-old detainee died at Bellevue Hospital while in the custody of the Department of Correction on Wednesday.

A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers ...

The Bronx DA’s office has dropped all charges against a Queens public defender arrested on Rikers Island for possession of ...

Public safety investments in the adopted $115.9 billion budget centered on the city’s mandate to close Rikers Island.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams criticizes rival Mamdani's affordability proposals, contrasting their backgrounds and socialist policies ...

Late last month, city Correction Department officials asked the jail oversight board to expand bed capacity in certain Rikers ...

() — "Border Czar” Tom Homan is vowing to "flood the zone" in New York City with ICE agents if mayoral candidate Zorhan ...

Various problems have reached such a critical point that federal authorities have stripped New York City of control over the ...

Earlier this month, a judge’s decision indefinitely barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from having an office in ...

The wrongful-death lawsuit against the two men comes after the inmates were awarded a combined $367,500 from New York City as ...