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

It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City ... the violent gang members — Crips, Bloods, Latin Kings, and the Folk Nation.

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

For New Yorkers seeking an end to generations of violence, dysfunction and racially disparate incarceration at Rikers Island, last year brought a glimmer of relief. In a long-running federal court ...