We were glad to see reality make an appearance at the recent City Council Criminal Justice Committee hearing on the ill-conceived plan to shutter Rikers Island and build new jails ...

Despite the consensus among most city leaders that Rikers Island must close, some agency representatives and the Independent ...

On the eve of his New York retrial, the fallen mogul spends 23 hours a day alone in his cell, reading biographies and ...

An exhibit at the Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center in Bed Stuy features artwork by Rikers Island detainees.

Judge Paul Goetz late Thursday ordered that Weinstein be relocated from the Rikers Island jail complex to the prison ward at ...

Judge Mary Rosado issued the temporary restraining order barring Adams officials from even discussing the deal with the feds, ...

After meeting with President Trump’s border czar, Mayor Eric Adams supported allowing U.S. immigration authorities to reopen ...

The move came after the City Council sued to stop City Hall’s executive order allowing federal authorities to return to the ...

The disgraced producer has complained volubly about his treatment in jail on Rikers Island. Advocates for detainees say any ...

The Rikers Island jail complex, on a hard-to-reach island in the East River, has long suffered from rampant disorder and neglect and faces a possible federal takeover. The order authorizes ICE’s ...