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

But he’s also one of at least 1,500 applications from state prisoners seeking mercy from Gov. Kathy Hochul this year, according to Steve Zeidman, director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at the CUNY ...

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 ...

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

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

NYC Mayor Eric Adams criticizes rival Mamdani's affordability proposals, contrasting their backgrounds and socialist policies ...

The Queens, New York, native made performing in an all-white suit and hard-bottoms in 90-degree weather look effortless and ...

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

"So you want to talk about what's going on with health care now?" Dr. Robert Berke asks. "It's a mess. It's an absolute mess.

In “Blind Spots,” the 2025 memoir by South Florida resident Gregory J. Blotnick, a young financier chronicles his rise ...

We explore the undeniable and devastating impact of incarceration on mental health through a young man’s self-described ...