The downward spiral of one inmate, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of the nation’s prisons to care for the mentally ...

Rikers Island inmates assaulted two ... which came under intense scrutiny after former inmate Kalief Browder, 22, hanged himself in 2015. His death sparked a wave of reform efforts that led ...

Rikers Island has a lengthy history of problems with its solitary confinement practices, which came under intense scrutiny after former inmate Kalief Browder, 22, hanged himself in 2015. His death ...

Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs of East Harlem has used his experience to help people reinvent themselves, including a high-flying ...

The Kauai jail and two other facilities in Hawaii have the chairs, which require high levels of force to immobilize inmates ...

The city has agreed to pay $28.7 million to the family of a Rikers Island inmate left severely brain damaged during a suicide attempt he made while jail guards watched, court records show.

NEW YORK-- New York City has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a Rikers Island inmate who suffered severe brain damage after he attempted to hang himself while ...

Three former correction officers, one program counselor, a contractor, and an inmate are facing federal charges, according to court documents. Former Rikers Island correction officer Carlos Rivera ...

Madeline Feliciano alleges three Rikers Island correction officers and a captain waited nearly eight minutes before helping her grandson, Nicholas Feliciano when he attempted suicide in a jail ...