The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid ...

Members of the city council and activists are pushing back on criticism of the plan to close Rikers Island— and build four smaller jails. The project is billions ...

The hearing comes less than a month after an independent commission found officials won’t meet the 2027 deadline to close the ...

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are asking a judge to allow the ailing ex-studio boss ...

A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, finishing the event with her ...

Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get access to the jail complex’s law libraries, a new report from ...

For the first time in a decade, ICE is returning to Rokers Island following an executive order from New York City First ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams ‘ administration is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at Rikers Island to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations in the city’s largest ...

The Eric Adams administration is permitting ICE to return to Rikers Island to help carry out criminal investigations into ...

NEW YORK — A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island died Monday night, bringing the total number of jail deaths there to five in 2025. According to the New York City Department of Correction ...

The Prison Service is considering moving Lord Archer to a jail on the Isle of Wight, it was reported today. The most likely destination for the disgraced peer if he is taken to the island will be ...