New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he met with President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, on Thursday to prepare for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to resume operations on ...

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

New York’s Department of Corrections has opened a wellness center for guards ... on Rikers, according to a news release. “Having these resources available to them on-island will better support ...

Over time, women were transferred from the original women's detention hall on Rikers Island. “They didn't move the painting, they just moved the women,” says Barbara Drummond, a former guard ...

For nearly a decade, a federal judge has been pushing to end abuse and violence in the jails on Rikers Island. With chronic staffing shortages ... that are run by clinical professionals alongside ...

A federal judge has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand over management of its Rikers Island ... officials and prison guard unions to efforts to clean up the island jail.