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

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 ...

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

A young man who allegedly came to North Queens to do doughnuts and cause a ruckus with his friends is now stuck in North Queens.But instead of spinning his tires ...

Vincent Schiraldi — who resigned in June as head of Maryland’s juvenile services department following statewide spikes in ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under the ...

A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment of an independent manager to fix rampant violence and persistent ...

NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services and NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst teamed up in February to debut a telehealth program for female patients at the Rikers Island (N.Y.) prison. The ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo, reversing a previous stance, now says he does not support the plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex by 2027. Mr. Cuomo, who is running for mayor of New York City as an ...

The New York Supreme Court on Monday handed down a ruling barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement from reopening an office at Rikers Island. The decision marks a blow to New York City Mayor Eric ...

A Manhattan judge on Monday struck down an executive order by New York City Mayor Eric Adams that allowed immigration agents onto Rikers Island. New York State Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado ...