The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

If a federal judge follows through with her threat to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, she should make sure ...

the island that once served as a military training ground during the Civil War, and today has a view of LaGuardia’s runways and the Mets home ground, Citi Field. Rikers is spread over 413 acres ...

Weinstein was quick to call out Rikers Island, where he is in custody, saying he wasn't sure he would live until the spring while inside the "hell hole" jail complex, which sits near LaGuardia Airport ...

Following increased calls for action, de Blasio and then-city Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte announced a 14-point plan to create a safe environment for incarcerated people at Rikers Island. De ...

As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. Former HFZ Capital exec Nir Meir was denied a significant bail reduction and will remain in Rikers Island jail unless he can pay $5 million cash or $7.5 ...

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 ...

New York’s Department of Corrections has opened a wellness center for guards on Rikers ... jail and the meditation room helps to calm him both after his two-hour commute from Long Island ...