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

The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

The mother of a New York City correction officer exclusively spoke to Eyewitness News to plead for help finding the killer who shot her son five years ago.

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, causing injuries severe enough to require emergency surgery, according to ...

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...

He killed his neighbor in a crime that shocked Cranston nearly 17 years ago. Now he has a chance to get out of prison much ...

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

For his service to people on Rikers Island, Officer J. Martin of the city Department of Correction was recognized for Martin ...

The team behind the modern Peruvian Williamsburg restaurant Llama Inn is opening another spot this month. Papa San is a ...

The monitor appointed by a judge to track violence in the city’s notorious jail complex said in a highly-anticipated report ...

The move comes after THE CITY revealed that the company hand-picked to run food services overcharged detainees despite ...