The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid ...

Members of the city council and activists are pushing back on criticism of the plan to close Rikers Island— and build four smaller jails. The project is billions ...

Inside his cell on Rikers Island, Brian Croskey spends hours every day drawing elaborate artwork to free his mind.

“Now is the time for strong leadership by all present and future office holders in this city to close Rikers as soon as ...

The hearing comes less than a month after an independent commission found officials won’t meet the 2027 deadline to close the ...

Weinstein is being tried again after New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, last year overturned his 2020 conviction ...

New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the ...

Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get access to the jail complex’s law libraries, a new report from ...

Felisa Geddis got her first look at Dondre Richardson as police officers led him, handcuffed, from the 88th precinct house in ...

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed ...

The New York City Department of Correction confirms Dashawn Jenkins, 27, died while in custody Monday night, just one day after his birthday. Officials say staff noticed he was visibly ill while ...