Rikers Island correction captains and officers revived a man who had overdosed on drugs, and a detainee with a long record of ...

An illegal strike by state correction officers was resolved, but its ripple effects are creating more dangerous conditions at ...

An inmate at Rikers Island is indicted for assaulting a correction officer, leading to serious injuries. Robert Ray allegedly ...

Harvey Weinstein is sour that he won’t get a party for his 73rd birthday at Rikers Island next week, and made the grim ...

The Department of Correction’s civilian watchdog board accused the agency on Tuesday of repeatedly ignoring their authority ...

He’s a terror on the streets and a nightmare behind bars. Sundance Oliver, 30, a Brooklyn gangbanger locked up on murder charges for allegedly killing two people and wounding a third, has been just as ...

A City correction officer was sentenced to two years’ probation and 250 hours of community service after failing to render aid for nearly eight minutes when a young man incarcerated at Rikers Island ...

As a judge considers appointing a receiver to oversee the jails, there are two very different plans for how that would work.

Lefty Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer is pushing the city to feed jailbirds “farm-to-table” meals, like ones served up at ...

The fallout from the 22-day strike by state correction officers which ended Monday has put more than 300 people awaiting ...

As the 2027 deadline to close the Rikers Island jail complex looms and the city moves forward with a plan to replace it, ...