Until a court ruling, the city is prohibited from furthering any agreement to let Immigration and Customs Enforcement back ...

A unique exhibit at the Von King Cultural Arts Center in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood is shining a spotlight on ...

A first-of-its-kind exhibit in Brooklyn features works of art made by people in custody at Rikers Island. CBS News New York's Hannah Kliger explains how the idea was born from a love story.

We were glad to see reality make an appearance at the recent City Council Criminal Justice Committee hearing on the ill-conceived plan to shutter Rikers Island and build new jails ...

A lawsuit brought by the New York City Council accuses Mayor Eric Adams of entering into a 'corrupt quid pro quo bargain' ...

A New York state judge has prohibited New York City Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents from operating ...

The Rikers Island jail complex, on a hard-to-reach island in the East River, has long suffered from rampant disorder and neglect and faces a possible federal takeover. The order authorizes ICE’s ...

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 ...

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

(The Center Square) — Federal immigration officials will have a permanent office on New York City’s notorious Rikers Island prison under a directive from the Adams administration, which says ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at Rikers Island to work ...

The same week, a non-renewed, non-transformed Rikers Island reported its fifth inmate death of the year: Dashawn Jenkins, 27, who died of a ruptured appendix after days of obvious symptoms that jail ...