The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, ...

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...

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

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

The mother of a New York City correction officer exclusively spoke to Eyewitness News to plead for help finding the killer who shot her son five years ago.

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

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided ...

Al Booker, 41, has managed to rack up more than 40 arrests -- mostly for burglary and criminal mischief -- in a Manhattan ...

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) recently opened a new wellness center at Rikers Island for staff that features a gym.