Rikers Island for the most part makes headlines for violence and disorder, so much so that New York City has moved to close ...

Newtown police say Raynor is charged with two counts of first-degree forgery, one count of third-degree identity theft and ...

A supervisor at the Rikers Island jail complex threatened to withhold overtime pay and vacation days from officers who did ...

A Westchester County woman who serves as a captain with the New York City Department of Correction has been accused of ...

Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he’d scrap the controversial plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex if he’s elected in November – a stunning about-face from the ...

Andrew Cuomo grabbed the spotlight in the New York City mayor's race on Wednesday by calling for the scrapping of the city's plan to close Rikers Island. The former governor suggested building a ...

The dispute over the existence of “deadlocking,” or the practice of locking up detainees on Rikers Island for weeks or months ...

Correction officers and their union head made a public show of arresting Bernardo Caceres, 31, last June — calling him a ...

A former Queens Defenders attorney who was wrongfully accused of smuggling drugs into Rikers Island is suing the city and the ...

Inside New York’s notorious jail complex, nearly 2,000 incarcerated people watched Game 1 together, arguing calls, roasting celebrity fans and sharing in a rare citywide moment ...

Harvey Weinstein has been behind bars at the New York maximum-security prison Rikers Island since 2020 Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Harvey Weinstein is imprisoned at Rikers Island while awaiting a retrial ...

Ahead of Shavuos, a bus of bochurim and volunteers traveled from Brooklyn to Rikers Island for a special program focused on connection, encouragement, and bringing a true Yom Tov atmosphere to the ...