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

The decision by a New York appeals court was a win for the City Council and a loss for Mayor Eric Adams, who had opposed the ...

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

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

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration must implement a set of laws that expand access to low-income housing vouchers despite their ...

One of the ironies of Nunez’s story, and something that still rankles him, is he received just $75,000 in a settlement in ...

The Queens public defender arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle THC-laced papers to a Rikers Island inmate has been ...

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 ...

New photo exhibition featuring flower arrangements by incarcerated people to raise money for Chesterfield County Jail ...