The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the ...

The Queens public defender arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle THC-laced papers to a Rikers Island inmate has been ...

The death toll at Rikers Island jumped to seven this year with two men dying at the notorious jail Friday, officials said.

One of the ironies of Nunez’s story, and something that still rankles him, is he received just $75,000 in a settlement in ...

The chief medical officer for Rikers Island says the city can’t safely manage the jail, asks the Council to request state or federal assistance.

Even in a place like Rikers Island, light can break through. This year’s pre-Shavuos celebration transformed the prison into a space of joy, renewal, and deep spiritual connection for Jewish inmates.

Various problems have reached such a critical point that federal authorities have stripped New York City of control over the ...

Two inmates in the Department of Correction’s custody died within an hour and a half of each other on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon. Inmates 37-year-old Benjamin Kelly and 56-year-old James ...

A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers ...

Luis Bernier has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples ...