An illegal strike by state correction officers was resolved, but its ripple effects are creating more dangerous conditions at ...

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to ...

Sundance Oliver, 30, a Brooklyn gangbanger locked up on murder charges for allegedly killing two people and wounding a third, has been just as violent at Rikers Island — attacking 48 officers ...

A 54-year-old woman serving a year on Rikers Island for misdemeanor assault died ... 11 to expand 12 dorms in the West Facility from 50 beds to 56 beds — one of three jails where they asked ...

On Rikers Island over the past two days, the patchwork of life in the jails unfolded. In one facility, a team of correction captains and officers revived a young man who had overdosed on drugs ...

Gund centers on the legacy of late artist Faith Ringgold, whose 1971 painting "For the Women's House" made it from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum. The 50-year journey for Ringgold's ...

By Hurubie Meko A federal judge overseeing the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is weighing two distinct proposals on how to fix the city’s troubled and violent lockups. For nearly a ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

Rikers Island is home to some of the most notorious and violent jails in the world. It is located in the East River in New York City. The majority of its detainees have not yet been convicted of a ...