The City Council this week unanimously passed a bill that would require the Department of Correction to be more transparent ...

Three Department of Correction employees have been suspended following another death at Rikers Island this weekend. Early Saturday morning, officers were conducting a tour and found the 29-year-old ...

Two more detainees died while in the custody of the city over the last week — adding to an alarming trend that also saw a Rikers Island inmate found dead, cops and sources said. Musa Cetin, 29 – a ...

NYC Ignored a Rikers Detainee’s Five Rape Reports. Now the City Is Paying $4 Million — and Officials Still Won’t Explain Why ...

Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom. Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing in ...

A New York Supreme Court judge has ruled that Mayor Eric Adams’ order allowing ICE to open an office inside Rikers Island was illegal. The move, supported by former President Trump, aimed to expand ...