New York City officials said an inmate of Rikers Island has died, marking the seventh inmate death this year at the detention facility this year.

A year from now, Rikers Island will still be open, despite a 2019 City Council law mandating that the jail be closed by Aug. 31, 2027. The deadline will be missed. The law will be broken. That law ...

The city has less than a year to close the embattled Rikers Island jail complex by the legal deadline of Aug. 31, 2027.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's post mourning Clarence Woodward, a murder suspect who died on Rikers Island, sparked conservative outrage.

A 41-year-old man held on Rikers Island on a murder charge died Tuesday morning, marking the seventh person to lose their life in Department of Correction custody this year, officials said. A ...

A federal monitor overseeing Rikers Island blasted the city’s jail boss for muzzling his underlings from speaking with ...

The Correction Officers' Benevolent Association is calling for action after three correction officers were reportedly ...

Last month Mayor Mamdani conveyed his condolences, and that of the city, to the family of Clarence Woodward, an inmate who ...

After months of praising a shift toward greater transparency at the Department of Correction, the federal watchdog overseeing ...

New York City’s official World Cup guide lists no less than 100 free places to take in soccer’s biggest tournament on big screens. One place that isn’t listed? The city’s notorious Rikers Island jail ...

Riker's Island has a reputation as one of the most notorious prisons in the United States, having been described as "an ongoing human rights crisis" and "hell, plain and simple." Now a group of former ...