John J. Lennon’s book, written in his twenty-fourth year in prison, provides a bracing reckoning with guilt, remorse, and the ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become ...

The officer failed to provide lifesaving aid to the 43-year-old man as he had a seizure in a cell, according to an official report.

Andrew Cuomo said during Crain's mayoral forum Wednesday morning that he wants to rebuild — not close, as is planned — the ...

NEW YORK — New York mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo told business leaders Wednesday morning that he wants to scrap the city’s plan to replace Rikers Island with neighborhood-based jails and instead ...

A lawsuit claims that two areas in the New York City jail are designed so that detainees are effectively in solitary confinement, in violation of state law. By Hurubie Meko Since January, Jerry Young ...

Another inmate has died at Rikers Island, marking the 11th death at the facility this year. The latest incident happened Wednesday evening, Sept. 3, at the George R. Vierno Center, a Department of ...

You can hear the moment Carlton James became a quadriplegic, he claims, losing the use of his limbs. He is quickly taken down by correction officers, and you hear a yelp. James was in a city jail in ...

Even as Mayor Adams was inviting federal immigration officials onto Rikers Island, his administration failed to give Department of Correction staff basic training about city rules limiting disclosure ...

The New York City Council is expected to vote Thursday on a proposal to build 58 specialized apartments for former Rikers detainees with severe medical problems on the campus of a Bronx hospital, ...