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

A seventh federal prosecutor resigned Friday after the Department of Justice ordered criminal corruption charges against New ...

Having long fought against the appointment of an independent monitor to reform Rikers ... at the island jail complex, including a lack of heat and hot water in some units, inconsistent medical care, ...

A man charged with the rape of a 5-year-old girl on Staten Island choked the victim ... “He worked for several years in New York City as a security guard,” Testaverde said in court.

Jordan described the suspect as around 21 years old, a “troubled man” who had twice been asked to leave by the church’s security guard ... door with Rikers Island,” he added.

At the sensitive age of 16, Kalief was charged with a crime he did not even commit and was sent to Rikers Island Prison for three long years ... He is sent inside a high-security Mexican prison on the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Reestablishing an immigration office at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail is just the first step in a ...

Over time, women were transferred from the original women's detention hall on Rikers Island. “They didn't move the painting, they just moved the women,” says Barbara Drummond, a former guard ...

After meeting with the White House border czar on Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams says he agreed to allow ICE agents onto Rikers Island to find violent criminals.

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, causing injuries severe enough to require emergency surgery, according to ...

After meeting with the White House border czar on Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams says he agreed to allow ICE agents onto Rikers ...