Nolveiro Vera Ordonez was hauled into court on theft charges and pleaded to be sent to jail while ICE agents waited outside ...

Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...

Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in ...

The City Council was wrong to write a law purporting to ban solitary confinement on Rikers Island, as it would significantly ...

A Rikers Island detainee died Wednesday while receiving palliative care at a local hospital, according to the New York City ...

NYC Council is set to pass a bill for swift disclosure of detainee deaths at Rikers Island, aiming to increase transparency and address secrecy concerns.

A judge ruled Friday that she will continue to block New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration from giving office space on Rikers Island back to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under ...

The City Council on Monday passed a bill that they say will bring transparency to the way the city’s Department of Correction ...

The New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate on Rikers Island.

The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the ...

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