Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...

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

Nolveiro Vera Ordonez was hauled into court on theft charges and pleaded to be sent to jail while ICE agents waited outside ...

The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and ...

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

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

Last year, Troy came home after serving time for his role in the 2016 shooting at New York’s Irving Plaza — a night that ...

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

Mayor Adams Thursday formally received support for his reelection bid from several unions representing employees of the police and correction departments unions, who expressed concern a City Hall ...

A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers ...

The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the ...

The Bronx district attorney’s office will not bring charges against a Queens lawyer who was publicly accused by correctional ...