Earlier this month, a judge’s decision indefinitely barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from having an office in ...

Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center often makes news for its celebrities, but hundreds of others at the jail face ...

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

"We need a mayor who knows that in a city committed to seeing all of us thrive, there is no place for Rikers Island." ...

The death toll at Rikers Island jumped to seven this year with two men dying at the notorious jail Friday, officials said.

From June 4-15, the 24th annual Tribeca Film festival played host to a catalogue of some of the year’s most anticipated ...

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

The Rikers Island Doula Program is revolutionizing pregnancy and childbirth experiences for women in custody, offering critical support during one of life’s most vulnerable moments. This ...

Rikers Island Doula Program Is Helping To Give Incarcerated Mothers A Voice, ‘I’m Actually Being Heard’ Inside Rikers Island doula program and how it's supporting vulnerable women in need.

Motherhood is a gift, and those blessed to experience it would agree, even expecting mothers in jail. According to a recent study, the number of incarcerated women in the United States has grown ...

In 2003, a 1965 drawing of a crucified Christ by Salvador Dalí inscribed “to the dining room of the prisoners, Rikers Island”, estimated to be worth around $180,000 and already stained from a ...

A longtime Rikers Island correction officer needed six stitches to close a gaping gash over her eye Friday, after allegedly being bashed in the face by a violent inmate at the notorious city jail.