Luis Bernier has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples ...

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

A 22-year-old Rikers Island detainee says jail staff “effectively sterilized” him by prescribing him an antidepressant that ...

Two people died on Rikers Island in the same afternoon following medical emergencies last Friday, June 20. They mark the ...

Mayor Eric Adams exceeded his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a new law banning solitary confinement in ...

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams overstepped his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a ban on solitary ...

"We need a mayor who knows that in a city committed to seeing all of us thrive, there is no place for Rikers Island." ...

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t follow the proper procedures when he declared a state of emergency and blocked a local law ...

Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center often makes news for its celebrities, but hundreds of others at the jail face ...

Police allege that an off-duty NYPD officer was brutally robbed in the Bronx by 23-year-old men from Staten Island and the ...

NEW YORK — As Rikers Island continues to be in turmoil, lawyers are preparing to ask a federal judge to consider emergency relief to alleviate conditions on the island.