City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called Rikers Island a “death camp” Monday even as she admitted the troubled jail complex ...

Harvey Weinstein, 73, appeared in court in New York City on Wednesday as his lawyers argued for him to be moved from Rikers Island prison to a medical facility ...

The Independent Rikers Commission, a collective tasked with examining the city’s plan to close Rikers Island, has unveiled ..

A man was seemingly restrained at gunpoint by ICE officials in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Tuesday afternoon, ...

If you look at pictures of the Bronx from the ... from Attica, down to, um, Rikers Island. And many times, the training the inmates get inside, if they're so inclined, they can come out here ...

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

The hearing comes less than a month after an independent commission found officials won’t meet the 2027 deadline to close the ...

Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died since New York City Mayor Eric Adams assumed office in 2022.

Members of the city council and activists are pushing back on criticism of the plan to close Rikers Island— and build four smaller jails. The project is billions ...

The New York City Department of Correction confirms Dashawn Jenkins, 27, died while in custody Monday night, just one day after his birthday. Officials say staff noticed he was visibly ill while ...