The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and ...

The City Council was wrong to write a law purporting to ban solitary confinement on Rikers Island, as it would significantly ...

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

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 ...

The Bronx district attorney’s office will not bring charges against a Queens lawyer who was publicly accused by correctional ...

Becca Amos, a psychotherapist, clinical social worker and florist, and floral designer Meredith Wheeler, owner of Secret ...

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

In this one-on-one, Mastro discusses the city's appeal over rental aid laws, efforts to fine protesters who wear masks, his ...

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

One of the ironies of Nunez’s story, and something that still rankles him, is he received just $75,000 in a settlement in ...

The chief medical officer for Rikers Island says the city can’t safely manage the jail, asks the Council to request state or federal assistance.

A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...