The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Luis Bernier has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples ...

In May 2023, after a spike in deaths on Rikers Island, city jail officials suddenly stopped notifying the media shortly after ...

A state judge on Friday indefinitely blocked Mayor Eric Adams from letting federal immigration authorities open an office at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, a priority for the ...

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t follow the proper procedures when he declared a state of emergency and blocked a local law ...