While Rikers Island has been criticized for its harsh conditions, the jail will hold two Passover seders this year for Jews behind bars. (New York Jewish Week) — Miriam Tohill, a Jewish chaplain ...

Rikers Island, which has long drawn ire over its conditions, won't be within New York City's purview during the transition.

A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing ... the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most notorious lockup, according to the Department of Correction.

New York City’s Department of Correction – among its facilities, the notorious Rikers Island lock-up – is grappling with staffing woes amid nearly a dozen inmate deaths so far this year and ...

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an official who reports to the court to run it.

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 ...

A court fight over Rikers Island’s future has produced thousands of pages about the jail complex’s troubled state. Inmate authors have produced thousands more. By Corey Kilgannon A female ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Miriam Tohill, a Jewish chaplain intern at Rikers Island, is looking forward to co-leading Passover seders for Jewish inmates this year for the first time. But ...