The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded ...

Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his ...

Nolveiro Vera Ordonez was hauled into court on theft charges and pleaded to be sent to jail while ICE agents waited outside ...

The City Council was wrong to write a law purporting to ban solitary confinement on Rikers Island, as it would significantly ...

Rikers Island inmates at the East River jail recently celebrated walking across the stage, beating the odds of an uncertain future behind bars. These 63 Rikers high school graduates exchanged their ...

Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in ...

But the rules of civil society that make this city the luxury item most of Zohran’s constituency want to live in is a product of that - bad people in jail so they can pretend they live on a movie set, ...

Last year, Troy came home after serving time for his role in the 2016 shooting at New York’s Irving Plaza — a night that ...

Matthew Lucas, 24, of Gloucester Township, was charged with first-degree murder and second-degree weapons offenses in the ...

A man was arrested less than a week after allegedly shooting and killing a person at an apartment complex in Camden County, New Jersey, officials said.

A South Jersey man was charged with first-degree murder after police say he shot and killed a man before fleeing to New York ...

The City Council on Monday passed a bill that they say will bring transparency to the way the city’s Department of Correction ...