The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the ...

In May 2023, after a spike in deaths on Rikers Island, city jail officials suddenly stopped notifying the media shortly after ...

A Rikers Island detainee died Wednesday while receiving palliative care at a local hospital, according to the New York City ...

A 51-year-old detainee died at Bellevue Hospital while in the custody of the Department of Correction on Wednesday.

Public safety investments in the adopted $115.9 billion budget centered on the city’s mandate to close Rikers Island.

New York City spends more than $2.8 billion a year to prop up Rikers — a failing, decrepit jail complex that delivers none of ...

In this one-on-one, Mastro discusses the city's appeal over rental aid laws, efforts to fine protesters who wear masks, his oversight of antisemitism and immigrant legal aid offices, and his push for ...

A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers ...

Various problems have reached such a critical point that federal authorities have stripped New York City of control over the ...

Earlier this month, a judge’s decision indefinitely barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from having an office in ...