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 ...

The embattled ex-NYC corrections commissioner who oversaw Rikers Island’s violence surge in 2021 — and who resigned in June ...

Lawyers and social workers say they don't understand why some are rejected, even when they follow the published rules.

A Rikers Island correctional officer will be fired after being found guilty this week of sexually abusing a woman in his Queens home – a decision that comes years after he was first accused by ...

The death is the 13th jail-related death in 2025, the most since 2022, the first year of the Adams administration, when there were 19. There were nine deaths in 2024, five in 2023, and 16 in 2021, ...

Mayor Eric Adams told incoming border czar Tom Homan he wants to reopen the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on ...

A new report by the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College warns that Rikers Island has become the largest mental health facility in New York City, with 60% of incarcerated individuals ...

Bianna Golodryga speaks with Pastor Tim Johnson, founder of the Fatherless No More initiative, about his new Oscar qualifying ...

A Brooklyn man’s alleged violent defense of his loud phone call at a subway station in Jamaica has landed him a stay on ...

The City Council this week unanimously passed a bill that would require the Department of Correction to be more transparent ...

Jacob Pritchett, 11, has been missing for months. A judge has said his mother must remain at Rikers Island until she reveals ...

It’s official. After years of court battles, debate, and continued concerns about violence and excessive force plaguing the troubled jails system, a federal judge stripped New York City of its control ...