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

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

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

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 ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, ...

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. Former HFZ Capital exec Nir Meir was denied a significant bail reduction and will remain in Rikers Island jail unless he can pay $5 million cash or $7.5 ...

She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island what they wanted ... Women’s House” and installed at the prison in January 1972 — is divided into ...

A prolific Big Apple burglar has been set free dozens of times by sympathetic judges after committing numerous heists — including one break-in he committed the same day he was freed from Rikers ...

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) recently opened a new wellness center at Rikers Island for staff that features a gym.

The city released a video flyover of the design, as well as new inflated numbers for cost and completion date. It’s all bad news.