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

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

One detainee was found dead with 66 pills in his cell. Another lay in distress for five minutes during an apparent overdose before staff administered Narcan. A third was left locked in his cell, ...

In 2017, it was announced that New York City's most infamous prison, would be shutting its doors. Now, almost a decade later, it's not clear whether they city will meet the mandated deadline for ...

“These defendants are accused of using pepper spray on inmates in violation of department guidelines,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement. “To cover up these alleged violations, ...

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. The New York jail complex uses video games as part of its strategy to reduce ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stanley Richards knows how bleak life can be at Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious jail complex. As a young man, he spent two years locked up there for robbery. Now, he runs the ...

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, ...

Nonprofit landlords are subject to the same rules and orders as those from the private sector, which one executive learned the hard way last week. Malcolm Punter, who leads Harlem Congregations for ...

Two Rikers Island correction officers were suspended after a 39-year-old man died in his jail cell last month — the first person to perish at the long-troubled complex this year, according to a recent ...

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 ...