released an updated blueprint to close Rikers Island. The publication is timely: just three months into 2025, five people have already died in the city’s jail system. Our original 2017 report ...

The city council is asking the court to declare an executive order by the mayor’s office allowing ICE into Rikers Island "illegal ... allowing ICE into the city prison in exchange for having ...

Read full article: Save big on everyday computing—get a 2-in-1 touchscreen Chromebook for $79.99 FILE - The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the ...