Vidal Guzman is a campaigner and spokesperson living in New York City. He was first incarcerated on Rikers Island when he was ...

Almost a decade ago, plans were made to shut down Rikers Island for good. Here's the deadline the city was given to shut its doors.

Rikers Island officials who allegedly controlled inmates by allowing members of the Bloods gang to assault them have been sanctioned for allowing the destruction of a key piece of evidence. Rikers ...

Rikers Island, New York City's most notorious jail complex, sits in the water between the Bronx and Queens. When I visited the complex in April 2025, I expected it to be hard to reach — and I wasn't ...

It was something city officials were celebrating. A "topping out" ceremony for the city's new Brooklyn jail — the first of four new jails set to replace Rikers Island. The last beam was put in place, ...

New York City's socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently made it more difficult for federal authorities to monitor members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, who are imprisoned at the notorious ...