As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

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

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

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

REPLACING STEFANIK: Democrats have selected St. Lawrence County dairy farmer Blake Gendebien to run for the seat being ...

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

While in New York, Tillotama Shome spent two years in Rikers Island Jail to study the human psychology of prison inmates. During her time there, she also taught theatre to several murder convicts.

State psych wards for seriously mentally ill people are so full that growing numbers are held in city jails instead.