which was created for the notorious prison at New York’s Rikers Island, a facility that has has proven increasingly deadly as it has become disastrously overcrowded. Advocates for reform have ...

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.

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, ...

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

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. Former HFZ Capital exec Nir Meir was denied a significant bail reduction and will remain in Rikers Island jail unless he can pay $5 million cash or $7.5 ...

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

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

RIGHT NOW, AN URGENT SEARCH FOR TWO MEN WHO AUTHORITIES SAY ... OF A CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE áANDá Two inmates walked away from the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center in ...

Parole decisions are made by the Rhode Island Parole Board. One of the most dangerous inmates in Rhode Island For years corrections officials considered Silvia – who stabbed four correctional ...

At a Norwegian prison on Bastøy Island, inmates are allowed to play tennis, ride horses, fish, sunbathe, and do some farming. In HMP Addiewell, Scotland, the 700 residents are allowed 40 hours a ...

While imprisoned and awaiting trial, Nelson was indicted in the killing of another inmate — a charge for which he was never tried. Steven Nelson, 37, and his wife, Helene Noa Dubois, and their ...

The death of a shackled inmate at a central New York State prison late last year has been ruled a homicide, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Robert Brooks, 43, was brutally beaten with his ...