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 district attorney’s office will not bring charges against a Queens lawyer who was publicly accused by correctional ...

Veo Kelly has been held without bail on Rikers Island awaiting trial for attacking Samyia and Sanyia Spain, 19.

Public safety investments in the adopted $115.9 billion budget centered on the city’s mandate to close Rikers Island.

The decision by a New York appeals court was a win for the City Council and a loss for Mayor Eric Adams, who had opposed the ...

One of the ironies of Nunez’s story, and something that still rankles him, is he received just $75,000 in a settlement in ...

Late last month, city Correction Department officials asked the jail oversight board to expand bed capacity in certain Rikers ...

Various problems have reached such a critical point that federal authorities have stripped New York City of control over the ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration must implement a set of laws that expand access to low-income housing vouchers despite their ...

The chief medical officer for Rikers Island says the city can’t safely manage the jail, asks the Council to request state or federal assistance.

A judge granted a preliminary injunction against state prisons employing solitary confinement despite banning it last Wednesday, July 2.