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

An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...

Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released yesterday by the ...

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

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 ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says one of the new jails being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with mental ...

A 54-year-old woman serving a year on Rikers Island for misdemeanor assault died early Thursday, with her son charging the notorious Queens detention center “killed her.” The death ...

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

New York City should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated by law to take place by 2027, but is now already up to a half-decade behind schedule ...