A pilot program requiring officers to work their normal eight hours plus four hours of overtime will start Nov. 30 at the ...

A guard found the man in distress in a bathroom at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center around 12:05 a.m., according to the ...

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 ...

A new report by the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College warns that Rikers Island has become the largest mental ...

A new watchdog report on Rikers Island details new medical and safety horrors besetting detainees at the sprawling jail ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system. The city is ...

While running to be New York City’s next mayor, Zohran Mamdani pledged to shutter Rikers Island and shrink the city’s jail ...

Sixteen-year-old Bailey, who goes by Oli, is a sweet, insightful teenager with a love for drawing, writing and caring for others. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city’s criminal justice system. The city is ...