Eyewitness News has investigated the violence, the staffing levels, even the sexual abuse allegations inside Rikers Island. Now, we're getting an exclusive look at some of the living conditions inside ...

A state judge in New York will continue to block Donald Trump’s administration from opening an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office inside Rikers Island jail, one of the largest and most ...

DITMARS (WABC) -- On Wednesday night, two young correction officers can't shake the image, and will never forget the sound of their sister officer screaming for her life. "It felt like an eternity, I ...

Three Department of Correction employees have been suspended following another death at Rikers Island this weekend. Early Saturday morning, officers were conducting a tour and found the 29-year-old ...

new video loaded: Inside Rikers Island: A Suicide Attempt as Guards Stand By transcript This is the inside of a psychiatric unit on Rikers Island. It’s the morning of Aug. 25, 2022. And soon, this ...

A New York Supreme Court judge has blocked New York City Mayor Eric Adams from going ahead with his plan to allow ICE to reopen an office at the Rikers Island jail complex. Judge Mary Rosado sided ...

A Rikers Island correction officer was suspended for failing to provide lifesaving aid to a detainee who had a seizure in a jail cell and died last month — the night before the man was scheduled to ...