A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New ...

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

The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission convened by the City Council ...

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

Rikers Island correction captains and officers revived a man who had overdosed on drugs, and a detainee with a long record of ...

A woman held on Rikers Island died by possible suicide early Thursday, according to correction officials and sources. The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility ...

Adrienne Adams convened the commission in the somewhat more peaceful days of 2023, before she was challenging Eric Adams’ reelection. The 114-page report found, in short, that Rikers can’t close by ...

Harvey Weinstein will celebrate his 73rd birthday in Riker’s Island next week, and is predicting that he won’t live to see another year.