The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded ...

A South Jersey man was charged with first-degree murder after police say he shot and killed a man before fleeing to New York ...

Matthew Lucas, 24, of Gloucester Township, was charged with first-degree murder and second-degree weapons offenses in the ...

Nolveiro Vera Ordonez was hauled into court on theft charges and pleaded to be sent to jail while ICE agents waited outside ...

Rikers Island inmates at the East River jail recently celebrated walking across the stage, beating the odds of an uncertain future behind bars. These 63 Rikers high school graduates exchanged their ...

Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in ...

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

A man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting in Camden County last week has been arrested in New York City. 24-year-old ...

A yellow cab driver is speaking out from his hospital bed after being shot by a passenger allegedly enraged over a $40 fare.

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

The City Council on Monday passed a bill that they say will bring transparency to the way the city’s Department of Correction ...

NYC Council is set to pass a bill for swift disclosure of detainee deaths at Rikers Island, aiming to increase transparency and address secrecy concerns.