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

New York City spends more than $2.8 billion a year to prop up Rikers — a failing, decrepit jail complex that delivers none of ...

NEW YORK — As Rikers Island continues to be in turmoil, lawyers are preparing to ask a federal judge to consider emergency relief to alleviate conditions on the island. Emergency relief could ...

A Manhattan judge on Monday blocked New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) from going around a municipal law banning solitary confinement in city prisons, including Rikers Island.

The City Council’s lawsuit, which calls the executive order “the poisoned fruit of Mayor Adams’ deal with the Trump administration,” claims ICE will use its office on Rikers “to fuel the ...

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

Acorn TV has acquired Welsh prison drama 'Bariau' ('Inside' in English) for the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, ...

A documentary filmed inside the Richmond City Justice Center is set to premiere at the Byrd Theatre on Sunday. The feature-length movie “16 Bars” follows the stories and music of four men ...

Inside 'The Box' With Some of Rikers Island's Most Violent Inmates: Part 1 Diane Sawyer went inside the unit called punitive segregation, where inmates are locked up for up to 23 hours a day.