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

Kopp was serving a sentence of 120 to 300 months for second-degree murder, the department said. The Review-Journal previously reported that, according to police, Kopp confessed in a 911 call to ...

Steve Vorrath, 30, and 34-year-old Marcel George Urban, both of Texas, were arrested and charged with possession of a stolen ...

When you get a tip about a death or multiple deaths in your local jail or prison, there are concrete steps you can take to ...

Harvey Weinstein claims that his declining health has gotten the best of him while behind bars. According to People, on ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

This exceptional live performance and conversation for Rikers Island, New York inmates was recorded on October 15th, 2024 and features tracks "Road I Came", "Troubadour of Troubled Souls", "Savior ...

KAUAI COUNTY, Hawaii (Island News) -- With the future of the Kauai Community Correctional Center still up in the air, the state is now calling on the community for its input. The Department of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)–In a letter to Governor Hochul, 62 lawmakers called on her to close Marcy Correctional Facility. This comes after the video of Robert Brooks being beaten by corrections ...

It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island ... Ranked as one of the 10 worst correctional facilities in the US, inmates there await being ...

The space is located in Otis Bantum Correctional ... centers at other facilities on Rikers, according to a news release. “Having these resources available to them on-island will better support ...