“Now is the time for strong leadership by all present and future office holders in this city to close Rikers as soon as ...

Inside his cell on Rikers Island, Brian Croskey spends hours every day drawing elaborate artwork to free his mind.

Harvey Weinstein's retrial starts today with jury selection in NYC. He's been in jail at Rikers Island​ since his conviction ...

Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get access to the jail complex’s law libraries, a new report from the Department of Correction’s (DOC) oversight body found.

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Members of the city council and activists are pushing back on criticism of the plan to close Rikers Island— and build four smaller jails. The project is billions over ...

released an updated blueprint to close Rikers Island. The publication is timely: just three months into 2025, five people have already died in the city’s jail system. Our original 2017 report ...

The New York City Council has sued the Adams administration over its move to return federal immigration officials to Rikers Island — bashing it as “poisoned fruit” of the deal struck between ...