Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

Two people died on Rikers Island in the same afternoon following medical emergencies last Friday, June 20. They mark the ...

The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

Taveon Hargrove was extradited from Virginia and now faces attempted murder charges for a cowardly attack on an off-duty NYPD ...

A 22-year-old Rikers Island detainee says jail staff “effectively sterilized” him by prescribing him an antidepressant that ...

Even in a place like Rikers Island, light can break through. This year’s pre-Shavuos celebration transformed the prison into ...

A new Board of Correction report has backed up allegations detailed in October by the Daily News — that jail staff are ...

Two prisoners died just over an hour apart Friday — one at Rikers Island, and one after a medical emergency on a bus en route ...

"We never turn people away, yet the demand consistently exceeds resources. Despite these challenges, our programs are proven ...

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.

A judge has blocked Mayor Eric Adams from letting federal immigration authorities reopen an office at Rikers Island.

Police allege that an off-duty NYPD officer was brutally robbed in the Bronx by 23-year-old men from Staten Island and the ...