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.

The city blew past a legal deadline Friday to release a detailed plan for closing Rikers Island, leaving its long-delayed ...

As New York City’s first ever “close Rikers czar,” it’s Dana Kaplan’s job to get the notorious jails complex shut down ASAP. That’s a tall task under the best circumstances. And at this point it’s a ...

Rikers Island, one of the most notable jails in the United States, has been slated to close for almost a decade. But with a closure deadline rapidly approaching, many have said that the city hasn't ...

The New York jail complex uses video games as part of its strategy to reduce violence with programming for good behavior.

Investigations into alleged abuses by Rikers Island officers will no longer be handled by the Department of Correction, ...

A New York judge declared a mistrial in disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape case in its third trial, after a jury said "no one is going to change where they stand." ...

Last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on an impossible promise. In October 2019, the City Council passed a law that banned the use of any part of Rikers Island to house incarcerated persons ...