The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and ...

In May 2023, after a spike in deaths on Rikers Island, city jail officials suddenly stopped notifying the media shortly after ...

Rikers Island has a decades-long reputation of spiraling dysfunction, brutality, and even death against those awaiting trial. The East River prison allowed Eyewitness News onto their grounds to ...

The City Council was wrong to write a law purporting to ban solitary confinement on Rikers Island, as it would significantly ...

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

A Rikers Island detainee died Wednesday while receiving palliative care at a local hospital, according to the New York City ...

The Bronx DA’s office has dropped all charges against a Queens public defender arrested on Rikers Island for possession of ...

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

A 51-year-old detainee died at Bellevue Hospital while in the custody of the Department of Correction on Wednesday.

Judge appoints remediation manager to run NYC's Rikers Island jail complex 03:02. After years of litigation, a federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to run Rikers Island and report ...

A judge ruled Friday that she will continue to block New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration from giving office space on Rikers Island back to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency ...