On Monday, Nurse, Caban, Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse and Deputy council Speaker Diana Ayala called for a probe of extended lock-ins in mental health units on Rikers Island. The tour Tuesday ...

It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious lockup — situated like a 19th-century penal colony in the middle ...

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 ...

Adams expressed doubt that Rikers Island could close by the 2027 deadline set during ... and that officers had failed to properly tour his housing unit. In her State of the City address, New York City ...

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

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 ...

For New Yorkers seeking an end to generations of violence, dysfunction and racially disparate incarceration at Rikers Island, last year brought a glimmer of relief. In a long-running federal court ...

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 ...