Our full video series features City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander, State Assemblymember Zohran ...

A new Board of Correction report has backed up allegations detailed in October by the Daily News — that jail staff are ...

"We need a mayor who knows that in a city committed to seeing all of us thrive, there is no place for Rikers Island." ...

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.

The USA has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. Shelves of books and reams of media exposés have revealed the inhumanity of American jails, prisons, and immigration detention ...

After NYC Department of Correction (DOC) confirmed on Saturday, June 21, that two additional people have died on or in transit to Rikers Island on June 20, advocates for those incarcerated at the jail ...

After NYC Department of Correction (DOC) confirmed on Saturday, June 21, that two additional people have died on or in ...

The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

MANHATTAN (WABC) -- Two men in custody have died while on a bus en route to Rikers Island. The cause of their deaths is under investigation. The NYC Department of Corrections issued a statement saying ...

Two prisoners died just over an hour apart Friday — one at Rikers Island, and one after a medical emergency on a bus en route ...

The founder of the Queens Defenders and her husband were indicted for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from the ...