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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

There is hope. Video obtained by the NBC New York I-Team shows Rikers Island correction officers failing to intervene — for nearly eight minutes — as an inmate hangs himself in their plain view.

These days, as an inmate at Rikers Island — New York City’s largest and most notorious jail — Padilla, 45, has drawn even closer to Judaism. Since being imprisoned at the 413-acre East River ...

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 ...