An accused murderer locked up on Rikers Island beat a correction officer — leaving her with broken bones in her face — because he was “irate” that his cell door was locked, prosecutors ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

A New York City correction officer was sentenced to two years’ probation and 250 hours of community service after failing to ...

A City correction officer was sentenced to two years’ probation and 250 hours of community service after failing to render aid for nearly eight minutes when a young man incarcerated at Rikers Island ...

Having long fought against the appointment of an independent monitor to reform Rikers Island, the Adams administration has presented a plan for a different entity to take charge of the troubled jails ...