But the rules of civil society that make this city the luxury item most of Zohran’s constituency want to live in is a product ...

The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded ...

Rikers Island inmates at the East River jail recently celebrated walking across the stage, beating the odds of an uncertain future behind bars. These 63 Rikers high school graduates exchanged their ...

When it comes to crime, Zohran Mamdani cares more about the 7,600 people in city jails — victims, he believes, of an evil ...

The City Council was wrong to write a law purporting to ban solitary confinement on Rikers Island, as it would significantly ...

Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in ...

A Rikers Island detainee died Wednesday while receiving palliative care at a local hospital, according to the New York City ...

The decision makes Rikers Island the 13th jail or prison system in the nation to fall under federal receivership since 1979. Chief US Judge Laura Taylor Swain’s May 13 ruling followed a November ...

Rikers Island was way worse in 1994 than it is now. I’ve noticed with the youth today, everything is about trying to gain a reputation. So they think this is some type of camp, ...