In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...

The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...

the Benders founded and pastored Joy Fellowship Church and started a street evangelism ministry as well as a prison ministry for inmates in Rikers Island and Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) recently opened a new wellness center at Rikers Island for staff that features a gym.

By Priya Krishna Photographs by Brittainy Newman Priya Krishna and Brittainy Newman twice visited Rikers Island, where they were granted extensive access to a kitchen, its cooks and the detainees ...

After being detained on a minor charge, Jones fell into a coma and suffered multiorgan failure due to a lack of medical care. According to reports, despite her deteriorating condition, correction ...

Mike Cameron and his girlfriend won the free Norwegian Cruise Line trip to the Caribbean.

Inmates on Rikers Island are on a hunger strike in protest of COVID-19 lockdowns and the poor conditions at the NYC prison facility. About 200 male inmates at the Robert N. Davoren Complex launched ...

The monitor appointed by a judge to track violence in the city’s notorious jail complex said in a highly-anticipated report ...

Join the community that powers NYC’s independent local news. At least 127 people found unfit to stand trial by psychiatrists are languishing on Rikers Island because there is no space at state-run ...