We were glad to see reality make an appearance at the recent City Council Criminal Justice Committee hearing on the ill-conceived plan to shutter Rikers Island and build new jails ...

An exhibit at the Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center in Bed Stuy features artwork by Rikers Island detainees.

A former corrections officer from Westchester County who admitted to smuggling drugs into Rikers Island in exchange for ...

Shockley died of natural causes on March 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina, his family said. He was 72. Alonzo Hilton Shockley ...

Inside his cell on Rikers Island, Brian Croskey spends hours every day drawing elaborate artwork to free his mind.

The disgraced producer has complained volubly about his treatment in jail on Rikers Island. Advocates for detainees say any ...

Judge Mary Rosado issued the temporary restraining order barring Adams officials from even discussing the deal with the feds, ...

Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get ... They provide detainees and inmates with basic resources for legal research, notary services, photocopying services, typing services ...

The Columbia SPS student says she hopes to use the skills she’s acquiring in the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program ...

Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to ...