Stanley Richards, the new DOC commissioner, sat down with the Eagle to discuss the critical moment the city, the DOC and its jails are in, as well as his philosophical approach to leading the ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

An NYPD 911 operator was dispatching drugs to Rikers Island as she fielded emergency calls — conspiring with her ...

Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.

Leadership of the notoriously problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex has officially fallen into federal hands with the anticipated appointment of an independent administrator, officials said ...

A federal judge chose an ex-CIA officer and Vermont corrections commissioner to lead operations at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex – wresting control away from city government. Nicholas Deml, ...

Rikers Island's new remediation manager, who was named on Tuesday, will have authority even beyond that of the city’s correction commissioner to push forward reforms — in an appointment that marks one ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and rebuild on ...

After finding the city in contempt of 18 court orders to reduce violence and the use of excessive force on Rikers Island in ...

She’s not dashing to get out of Rikers. Accused serial dine-and-dash diva Pei Chung on Wednesday refused to leave her jail ...

More than two years after city jail officials cut off nonprofit-led social services at Rikers Island, several organizations ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former union boss who was once thought of as the king of New York City's jails may be headed to federal prison after a jury convicted him of corruption charges Wednesday. The ...