Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

Pregnancy can be overwhelming under any circumstance, but imagine preparing for birth while behind bars. One Brooklyn organization is empowering new moms through a partnership on Rikers Island. CBS ...

Some members of the group are awaiting trial; some are serving short sentences. In the meantime, with little else to do, they have intense discussions about literature. By Liz Krieger The plastic ...

The women's stories are part of lawsuits against the city and the Department of Corrections, filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. Hundreds of women allege rampant sexual assault, abuse at ...

New York's Q100 bus takes just five minutes to carry visitors and corrections officers across a bridge to one of the nation's most infamous jail complexes. When they arrive, Rikers Island can feel ...

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 ...