Robert Ray, who allegedly punched Correction Officer Shamika Mitchell in the face on Rikers Island, is in jail for allegedly punching an MTA station agent, also a woman, in the face.

As the film tells it, the story of this mural is also that of the crisis at Rikers and of “prison” in spectacular decay — ...

A New York state prison was placed on lockdown after inmates took over and injured three guards, just days after staffing ...

Border czar Tom Homan is “not happy” about the Big Apple’s lack of action to help President Trump’s immigration crackdown, ...

If a federal judge follows through with her threat to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, she should make sure ...

The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

The mother of a New York City correction officer exclusively spoke to Eyewitness News to plead for help finding the killer who shot her son five years ago.

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...

Prosecutors have urged the governor to roll back some of New York’s discovery reforms. Public defenders worry about reverting ...

Five of the Democratic candidates in New York City’s mayoral race committed at a forum Thursday night to shut down a ...

Al Booker, 41, has managed to rack up more than 40 arrests -- mostly for burglary and criminal mischief -- in a Manhattan ...

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