A former corrections officer from Westchester County who admitted to smuggling drugs into Rikers Island in exchange for ...

Members of the city council and activists are pushing back on criticism of the plan to close Rikers Island— and build four smaller jails. The project is billions ...

The Adams administration unloaded on a Brooklyn lawmaker who championed the closure of Rikers Island then complained about the construction of a new borough-based jail in his own district.

New York's Rikers Island isn't for the faint of heart. The notorious jail is dank and dark and carries ... In 2021, Joh created The Light Inside foundation to build on the volunteer work she ...

The current season of the show, which finishes tomorrow, is set on the dream Thai island of Koh Samui ... station and threw her in a stinking jail cell. She was later accused of breaking ...

Inside, they encountered Bruce Boyd holding a knife and drenched ... Boyd was a retired New York City Department of Corrections officer who worked at Rikers Island, according to Suffolk County ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Six inmates at the Carteret County jail are facing charges after deputies say four inmates overdosed on fentanyl. Deputies say it happened Tuesday night. They say ...

The Adams administration is preparing to reopen a jail facility on Rikers Island to add space for convicted people ... The city Department of Correction is set to once again house detainees inside a ...

In March, Adams signed an order allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel access to the Rikers Island jail complex, a significant policy shift. Trump's push to quash the charges ...

Ho said Adams’s action to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate at the Rikers Island jail complex, “an act that appears to be contrary to New York City law,” was seemingly ...

NEW YORK — A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island died Monday night, bringing the total number of jail deaths there to five in 2025. According to the New York City Department of Correction ...

allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate at the Rikers Island Jail Complex, a decision Ho said "appears to be contrary to New York City law." "Everything here smacks of a bargain ...