The Department of Correction’s civilian watchdog board accused the agency on Tuesday of repeatedly ignoring their authority ...

An inmate at Rikers Island is indicted for assaulting a correction officer, leading to serious injuries. Robert Ray allegedly ...

Despite assurances from Mayor Eric Adams that Rikers Island would finally open its doors to Immigration and Customs ...

He is among six officials and inmates who helped supply a "dangerous contraband market" at the New York City jail.

They've drunk the decarceration Kool-Aid — and they're convinced that jails do more harm than good. Yet the facts prove them ...

As a judge considers appointing a receiver to oversee the jails, there are two very different plans for how that would work.

As the 2027 deadline to close the Rikers Island jail complex looms and the city moves forward with a plan to replace it, ...

The fallout from the 22-day strike by state correction officers which ended Monday has put more than 300 people awaiting ...

A judge granted a request from the Manhattan district attorney’s office to call Dawn Hughes, a psychologist with expertise in ...

ICONIC Jamaican singer-songwriter Cocoa Tea, best known for his 90s hit song Riker’s Island, has died aged 65. The reggae ...