Ariel Quidone had been held in the Robert N. Davoren Center at Rikers since March 7 after he was arrested in Manhattan in ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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, ...

ICONIC Jamaican singer-songwriter Cocoa Tea, best known for his 90s hit song Riker’s Island, has died aged 65. The reggae ...