As the film tells it, the story of this mural is also that of the crisis at Rikers and of “prison” in spectacular decay — ...

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

It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious lockup — situated like a 19th-century penal colony in the middle ...

A woman held on Rikers Island claims in a shocking 33-page handwritten complaint that she was repeatedly raped with sex toys by another female detainee late last month, a copy obtained by the ...

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, rampant violence and 32 deaths in custody during just ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

A picture she made in 1971 caused a minor scandal—minor for anyone but the artist and the growing number of women prisoners on Rikers Island, the main holding site in New York City for those ...

Currently held in Pennsylvania's State Correctional Institution at Huntington, Mangione is awaiting extradition proceedings that could send him to New York's infamous Rikers Island. According to ...

For New Yorkers seeking an end to generations of violence, dysfunction and racially disparate incarceration at Rikers Island, last year brought a glimmer of relief. In a long-running federal court ...

Rikers Island is home to some of the most notorious and violent jails in the world. It is located in the East River in New York City. The majority of its detainees have not yet been convicted of a ...