In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...

Based on the Constitution’s separation of powers U.S. Distict Judge Dale Ho of the Southern District of New York should deny the Justice Department's motion to drop its own case against New York City ...

A 55-year-old woman was allegedly found dead inside her cell on Rikers Island early Thursday morning, marking the fourth time ...

The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New ...

It’s the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, following the death last week of 20-year-old Ariel Quidone, and ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says one of the new jails being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with mental ...

Adams and new First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro wasted no time announcing a plan to close Rikers Island and create a community ...

Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released yesterday by the ...

A woman held on Rikers Island died by possible suicide early Thursday, according to correction officials and sources. The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility ...

A woman died in custody at Rikers Island early Thursday morning, the city’s Department of Correction (DOC) said — making her ...

Sean Duffy, secretary of transportation, demanded information about crime in the subway system. But transit watchers saw a ...

Yusef Salaam addressed an intimate audience at Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.