A 21-year-old man died after becoming critically ill in Department of Correction custody last week, according to his family — ...

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds the capacity of ...

A judge has cleared the way for the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO to get a laptop behind bars if his ...

Her death is the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, and follows that of Ariel Quidone, 20, last week and ...

New York City should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated to take place by ...

The city Correction Department has seen a mysterious jump over the past 18 months in the numbers of officers taking time off ...

President Donald Trump is casting a long shadow over New York as he begins to assert unprecedented control over his old home ...

The alleged CEO shooter Luigi Mangione has asked for a laptop in jail to view the documents against him in the ...