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

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

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.

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

the island that once served as a military training ground during the Civil War, and today has a view of LaGuardia’s runways and the Mets home ground, Citi Field. Rikers is spread over 413 acres ...

Following increased calls for action, de Blasio and then-city Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte announced a 14-point plan to create a safe environment for incarcerated people at Rikers Island. De ...

As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

For nearly a decade, a federal judge has been pushing to end abuse and violence in the jails on Rikers Island. With chronic staffing shortages ... most of which could be safely addressed outside of a ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

New York’s Department of Corrections has opened a wellness center for guards on Rikers ... jail and the meditation room helps to calm him both after his two-hour commute from Long Island ...