The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

A 22-year-old Rikers Island detainee says jail staff “effectively sterilized” him by prescribing him an antidepressant that ...

Two people died on Rikers Island in the same afternoon following medical emergencies last Friday, June 20. They mark the ...

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.

Adam Kamagate was being detained on Rikers Island after the death of his son when he planned the scheme, prosecutors said.

"We need a mayor who knows that in a city committed to seeing all of us thrive, there is no place for Rikers Island." ...

Another Wasted Life.” That’s the name of a remarkable new song by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon ...