The judge named Nicholas Deml to oversee the city jail, a change that will test Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ability to work with federal officials to turn it around after decades of violence and ...

Jail watchdogs found that correctional officers and medical staff on Rikers Island abandoned their posts and failed to check ...

La La Anthony opens up about the impact of her prison reform initiative, the ThreeSixty Program at New York City's notorious ...

Mayor Mamdani is now running the city, but soon he and the Department of Correction will not be running Rikers Island, the ...

Violence on Rikers Island remains pervasive as the city waits for a federal judge to appoint a receiver to take over the ...

While appearing on “Sherri,” Anthony highlighted her collaboration with Black-owned beauty brand Canvas Beauty and ...

A Rikers Island officer, an inmate, and the inmate's wife are charged with smuggling contraband into the jail, including ...

This year, seven large illuminated menorahs and five inflatable menorahs stood across Rikers Island, visible as you approach ...

The long-delayed Manhattan facility, the final piece of the city’s Rikers closure plan, is slated for completion in 2032.

The report lands at what the monitor describes as a “critical and uncertain” moment for the jail and Department of Correction ...

The family of a 20-year-old man who died of appendicitis in Rikers Island custody last year is suing the city and the ...

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 ...