The Trump administration’s tactics to swiftly detain and deport immigrants has businesses and advocates in New York City ...

The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

A 22-year-old Rikers Island detainee says jail staff “effectively sterilized” him by prescribing him an antidepressant that ...

Mayor Eric Adams exceeded his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a new law banning solitary confinement in ...

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

Two people died on Rikers Island in the same afternoon following medical emergencies last Friday, June 20. They mark the ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams overstepped his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a ban on solitary ...

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t follow the proper procedures when he declared a state of emergency and blocked a local law ...

Did you catch the news about Florida building a migrant detention center in the Everglades and calling it “Alligator Alcatraz ...

Adam Kamagate was being detained on Rikers Island after the death of his son when he planned the scheme, prosecutors said.

Another Wasted Life.” That’s the name of a remarkable new song by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon ...