A new watchdog report on Rikers Island details new medical and safety horrors besetting detainees at the sprawling jail ...

After years of oversight, the court-appointed federal monitor for Horizon Juvenile Center said its work at the Bronx youth ...

Lauren Wachtler responds to a recent op-ed supporting mandatory prison visits for judges, drawing on the experience of her ...

A bizarre Brooklyn carjacking that ended with a stolen SUV teetering on a retaining wall above a highway was part of a ...

At least two years behind schedule, the borough jail rising on Atlantic Avenue will stand 15 stories and contain 1,040 beds.