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 — ...

What They Found will air on BBC Two and iPlayer in April to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious camp ...

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 ...

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...

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

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided ...