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

Peter Braunstein, 61, has been inside an upstate New York prison since 2007, following his conviction on kidnapping, sexual ...

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

Two men have died in separate incidents while in custody of NYC Correction Department, the cause of their deaths is under investigation.

Two prisoners died just over an hour apart Friday — one at Rikers Island, and one after a medical emergency on a bus en route to the facility — city correction officials said. The deaths ...

Federal immigration officials were again blocked from reopening an office at Rikers Island in a court ruling last Friday. State Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado granted a preliminary injunction ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge blocked New York City’s mayor from letting federal immigration authorities reopen an office at the city’s main jail, in part because of concerns the mayor invited them back in ...

Judge blocks plan to allow im­mi­gration agents on Rikers Island BY Associated Press New York City PUBLISHED 12:51 PM ET Jun. 14, 2025 ...

A public defender has been charged with trying to smuggle contraband into the Rikers Island jail complex after, officials said, he brought papers to a client meeting that were laced with THC, the ...

According to court documents, judges found that reestablishing an ICE office on Rikers Island would risk “damage to reputation, loss of goodwill, and brand tarnishment” to New York City due to ...

The order will prevent ICE and other federal agents from setting up shop at the jail complex until the NYC Council’s lawsuit against the mayor and his administration is resolved.

A State Supreme Court judge has indefinitely barred Mayor Eric Adams from allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from reopening an office on Rikers Island. In a scathing decision published ...