A pilot program requiring officers to work their normal eight hours plus four hours of overtime will start Nov. 30 at the ...

The death is the 13th jail-related death in 2025, the most since 2022, the first year of the Adams administration, when there ...

A new report by the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College warns that Rikers Island has become the largest mental ...

The rising demand for mental health and substance use services at the jails — amid a looming mandate to close the troubled ...

Corey Henry receives a 5-year sentence for stabbing fellow inmates at Rikers Island, pleading guilty to Assault and Attempted Murder.

Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom. Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing in ...

A new watchdog report on Rikers Island details new medical and safety horrors besetting detainees at the sprawling jail complex — a headache that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can’t avoid.

While running to be New York City’s next mayor, Zohran Mamdani pledged to shutter Rikers Island and shrink the city’s jail ...

A 38-year-old man on Rikers Island became the 13th person this year to die in Department of Correction custody, agency officials announced on Friday.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called to rebuild the Rikers Island jail complex, reversing his previous position to go forward with closing it entirely. Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City ...

Once a month, when the Brooklyn Children’s Museum is closed to the public, it welcomes a special group of visitors: parents ...

The city’s notorious jail barge was cut from its shores last week and sent south to be turned into scrap metal, putting an end to a dark chapter in the city’s history.