A pilot program requiring officers to work their normal eight hours plus four hours of overtime will start Nov. 30 at the ...

A new report by the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College warns that Rikers Island has become the largest mental ...

The death is the 13th jail-related death in 2025, the most since 2022, the first year of the Adams administration, when there ...

The rising demand for mental health and substance use services at the jails — amid a looming mandate to close the troubled ...

A 38-year-old man on Rikers Island became the 13th person this year to die in Department of Correction custody, agency officials announced on Friday.

Corey Henry receives a 5-year sentence for stabbing fellow inmates at Rikers Island, pleading guilty to Assault and Attempted Murder.

Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom. Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing in ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called to rebuild the Rikers Island jail complex, reversing his previous position to go forward with closing it entirely. Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City ...

Once a month, when the Brooklyn Children’s Museum is closed to the public, it welcomes a special group of visitors: parents ...

After a mentally ill Bradley Ballard made a lewd gesture to a female guard at the Rikers Island jail, he was locked in his cell alone for seven increasingly agitated days in which he was denied some ...

Jurisdictions across the country are releasing inmates under specific terms. Social distancing, staying 6 feet apart and cleaning surfaces with anti-bacterial products are some of the tools health ...