In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...

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

James Adames says he started his lengthy criminal record at just 18 years old.

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

Weinstein was quick to call out Rikers Island, where he is in custody, saying he wasn't sure he would live until the spring while inside the "hell hole" jail complex, which sits near LaGuardia Airport ...

Former HFZ Capital exec Nir Meir was denied a significant bail reduction and will remain in Rikers Island jail unless he can ...

With every contract City Hall signs for new jails to replace Rikers, the completion date gets further and further away.

Rikers Island has made a name for itself as a campus ... who are awaiting trial or unable to post bail, as well as some inmates serving sentences of one year or less. Most of the inmates are ...

Calling Rikers a “stain on this city,” Weinstein, 72, said he was advocating on behalf of all detainees at the jail.