Former inmates say they went “weeks without feeling the sun touch their face.” ...

A group of former prisoners is suing the City of New York, alleging correctional staff on Rikers Island failed to provide ...

A New York City Department of Correction captain died while on duty after suffering a medical emergency on Rikers Island, officials said Friday. Captain Keisha Nicks, a 22-year DOC veteran, was ...

Riker's Island has a reputation as one of the most notorious prisons in the United States, having been described as "an ongoing human rights crisis" and "hell, plain and simple." Now a group of former ...

More than 100 inmates at the sprawling Rikers Island correctional facility gathered in a gymnasium at the complex's main intake center to watch Wednesday's semifinal match between England and ...

New York City won't be ready to close down Rikers Island by its 2027 court-mandated deadline, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration said Monday. The notorious and aging jail complex is required to ...

The death of Julian Pagan, 29, in New York City Department of Correction custody has prompted renewed calls for government intervention. The Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice asserted this ...

From discounted tickets and free fan festivals, to 24-hour pitches and a visit to Rikers Island, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tells GOAL how his administration sought to make the World Cup ...

Rikers Island for the most part makes headlines for violence and disorder, so much so that New York City has moved to close the notorious jail complex. But on Tuesday, there was a palpable ...

For the latest installment of Vice Sports' "Stay Melo" series, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony took a trip to New York City's expansive Rikers ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an emergency executive order Tuesday directing his administration to come up with a plan limiting the use of solitary confinement on Rikers Island. The union ...

Rikers Island for the most part makes headlines for violence and disorder, so much so that New York City has moved to close the notorious jail complex. But on Tuesday, there was a palpable shift in ...