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

Rikers Island has a decades-long reputation of spiraling dysfunction, brutality, and even death against those awaiting trial. The East River prison allowed Eyewitness News onto their grounds to ...

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

In this one-on-one, Mastro discusses the city's appeal over rental aid laws, efforts to fine protesters who wear masks, his oversight of antisemitism and immigrant legal aid offices, and his push for ...

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

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.

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

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

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