Various problems have reached such a critical point that federal authorities have stripped New York City of control over the ...

A former prison guard was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison on Thursday for sexually abusing three inmates at the ...

The Queens public defender arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle THC-laced papers to a Rikers Island inmate has been ...

The Bronx DA’s office has dropped all charges against a Queens public defender arrested on Rikers Island for possession of ...

A former jail on a South Bronx barge is slated to be dismantled to make way for the planned Hunts Point Marine Terminal.

Earlier this month, a judge’s decision indefinitely barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from having an office in ...

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t follow the proper procedures when he declared a state of emergency and blocked a local law ...

Mayor Eric Adams exceeded his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a new law banning solitary confinement in city jails, a judge ruled Monday.

Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center often makes news for its celebrities, but hundreds of others at the jail face ...

Luis Bernier has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples ...

Did you catch the news about Florida building a migrant detention center in the Everglades and calling it “Alligator Alcatraz ...

"We never turn people away, yet the demand consistently exceeds resources. Despite these challenges, our programs are proven ...