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 to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...

It’s not every day you see a city employee with the credential “karmacharya” attached to his name. The Hindu title, from the ...

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

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

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

Michael Conley, a suspect in a violent December home invasion, is escorted by NYPD officers into the 120th Precinct in St.

The monitor appointed by a judge to track violence in the city’s notorious jail complex said in a highly-anticipated report ...

Last week, President Trump signed into law the Laken Riley Act, which requires the attorney general to detain any non-citizen ...

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

State psych wards for seriously mentally ill people are so full that growing numbers are held in city jails instead.