In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the reality-denying City Council refuses to admit it. The first of the ...

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to ...

Some 350 convicted people are crowded onto Rikers Island awaiting transfer to prisons ... Center dormitories to increase capacity from 50 to 60 beds in each dorm. The full Rikers complex currently ...

Gund centers on the legacy of late artist Faith Ringgold, whose 1971 painting "For the Women's House" made it from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum. The 50-year journey for Ringgold's ...

By Hurubie Meko A federal judge overseeing the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is weighing two distinct proposals on how to fix the city’s troubled and violent lockups. For nearly a ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

Rikers Island is home to some of the most notorious and violent jails in the world. It is located in the East River in New York City. The majority of its detainees have not yet been convicted of a ...