A 22-year-old Rikers Island detainee says jail staff “effectively sterilized” him by prescribing him an antidepressant that gave him a painful, five-day erection — and ignoring his ...

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.

A new Board of Correction report has backed up allegations detailed in October by the Daily News — that jail staff are ...

After NYC Department of Correction (DOC) confirmed on Saturday, June 21, that two additional people have died on or in ...

The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

City officials have now named both men who died in Department of Correction custody, just hours apart from each other in ...

MANHATTAN (WABC) -- Two men in custody have died while on a bus en route to Rikers Island. The cause of their deaths is under investigation. The NYC Department of Corrections issued a statement saying ...

From June 4-15, the 24th annual Tribeca Film festival played host to a catalogue of some of the year’s most anticipated ...

Adam Kamagate was being detained on Rikers Island after the death of his son when he planned the scheme, prosecutors said.

Director Wynnie Testamark described the request as a “strategic investment in safety, rehabilitation and human dignity,” but ...

A judge has blocked New York City’s mayor from letting federal immigration authorities reopen an office at the city’s main ...