Tylik Thomas credits a life-changing initiative on Rikers Island: "I chose to turn my story around, make that 360." ...

Aramis Furse “appeared unwell” at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center around 2 a.m. and was taken to Mount Sinai Queens ...

A federal judge recently threatened to send in a receiver to take over the notorious prison, which could soon home the man ...

Seeing how he did that…in regular society, due to the laws, he knows that, all right, if I attack an officer here, it’s not ...

A 32-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Sunday morning, becoming the 14th person to die in the Department of Correction’s ...

The union representing Rikers Island’s correction officers is suing the city for reinstating forced 12-hour shifts, arguing ...

Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum ...

William Furse can recall the exact moment when he received the devastating news that his 32-year-old son, Aramis, had died while in custody on Rikers Island. “My daughter ...

Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The New York City Department of ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died early Sunday morning after being found unwell in his cell marking the 14th death at the jail ...

In the next few months, control of the jail system on Rikers Island may be placed under the control of a court-ordered independent authority. Mayor Adams argues that this will throw the jail into ...

RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – A court hearing held in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday aimed to determine whether ICE and other federal agencies can set up shop on Rikers Island. A state judge in Lower ...