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

A former New York City Department of Correction officer has pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs and other contraband into the Rikers Island jail complex in exchange for bribes, according to the U.S ...

For New Yorkers seeking an end to generations of violence, dysfunction and racially disparate incarceration at Rikers Island, last year brought a glimmer ... and it still has not finalized a contract ...

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 ...