Jail watchdogs found that correctional officers and medical staff on Rikers Island abandoned their posts and failed to check ...

The family of a 20-year-old man who died of appendicitis in Rikers Island custody last year is suing the city and the Correction Department, saying jail staff ignored his obvious symptoms until it was ...

The report lands at what the monitor describes as a “critical and uncertain” moment for the jail and Department of Correction ...

We will work closely with the federal monitor and the parties to put the City back on track to end solitary confinement as soon as possible,” Mamdani said.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani put New York City’s troubled jail system on the clock to end solitary confinement — issuing yet another executive order to unravel his predecessor’s actions. Mamdani signed an ...

Hip-hop superstardom, a budding movie career, his own fashion line, and three kids with Rihanna. This is the new picture of ...

A$AP Rocky recalls what it was like spending a month in a Swedish jail in 2019. On Tuesday (Jan. 20), Ebro Darden shared a ...

Life may be good for rapper A$AP Rocky now, but back when he was Swedish jail—things were anything but sweet. And now he's providing more details about his time there!

This year, seven large illuminated menorahs and five inflatable menorahs stood across Rikers Island, visible as you approach ...

The city’s correction commissioner is unclear if she will stay on in the new administration. “I continue to work, Courtney, making sure everybody is safe living and working on Rikers Island,” ...

Last month, some correctional officers were walking a detainee back to his housing area on Rikers Island when he fell to the floor and began convulsing with his hands cuffed behind his back and his ...