Robert Ray, who allegedly punched Correction Officer Shamika Mitchell in the face on Rikers Island, is in jail for allegedly punching an MTA station agent, also a woman, in the face.

As the film tells it, the story of this mural is also that of the crisis at Rikers and of “prison” in spectacular decay — ...

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