The agency put more women at risk because it did not take allegations made by formerly incarcerated women seriously, the ...

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 ...

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

So far this year 14 people have died at Rikers or shortly after being released from custody there, according to Gothamist’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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