The barge off Hunts Point in the Bronx — across from Rikers Island — was built in 1989 and opened in 1992 as a temporary fix to ease Rikers’ soaring jail population during the height of the ...

Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center barge in Hunts Point—which previously housed overflow population from Rikers Island jails—will be removed, and the ...

Two prisoners died just over an hour apart Friday — one at Rikers Island, and one after a medical emergency on a bus en route ...

It is unclear whether or not the city is on course to shut Rikers Island down in four years as scheduled. However, the city does plan to shutter the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, an 800-bed ...

The barge, located across from Rikers Island, had been marred by controversy at points during its more than 30-year history. At various times since the ship was brought to the Bronx waterway in ...

The city officially delayed the plan to close Rikers Island and build new jails until 2027. November 2020. New York City Department of Correction officials announced the city would shut down the ...

Bronx jail inmate hospitalized after jumping into East River 00:25. NEW YORK -- The NYPD responded to a near-drowning Tuesday afternoon in the waters between Rikers Island and the Bronx.. It ...

Click here for PDF downloads of recent editions. Click here for all recent print edition stories.

Even in a place like Rikers Island, light can break through. This year’s pre-Shavuos celebration transformed the prison into ...