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

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

The Bronx district attorney’s office will not bring charges against a Queens lawyer who was publicly accused by correctional ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

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

Even in a place like Rikers Island, light can break through. This year’s pre-Shavuos celebration transformed the prison into ...