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

An NYC correction officer received two years’ probation and 250 hours of community service for failing to stop a Rikers ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite assurances from Mayor Eric Adams that Rikers Island would finally open its doors to Immigration and Customs ...

He is among six officials and inmates who helped supply a "dangerous contraband market" at the New York City jail.

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