Sharp Objects, The Night Of, The Young Pope, The Undoing, and more make up our list of great HBO miniseries you'll wish you ...

Over the past month, Riz Ahmed has wowed and wooed with his new Amazon Prime series Bait, followed by an energetic turn as host of SNL UK. Whether you’ve followed the Oscar-winning British actor for ...

The City Council wants to make it easier for thousands of Rikers Island inmates to vote by forcing jail officials to help them fix errors on their ballots — but the Department of Corrections said the ...

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 ...

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.

Donny Ruben Ubiera’s estate received $2.4 million and Jose Mejia Martinez’s estate received $2.7 million in settlement money.

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

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, ...

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

A federal judge has selected Nicholas Deml, the former head of Vermont’s prison system, to take control of Rikers Island. Deml, who is also a former C.I.A. officer, has been named the new “Nunez ...

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 ...