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

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

A man held in a city jail on a burglary charge died under as yet undisclosed circumstances early Friday, the 13th ...

New York's Q100 bus takes just five minutes to carry visitors and corrections officers across a bridge to one of the nation's ...

White House border czar Tom Homan said Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations will ramp up shortly ...

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 ...

Steven Croman, a longtime notorious landlord once sent to Rikers for a year after pleading guilty to fraud, is in default on ...

The NYC Department of Correction and the Caribbean Women's Health Association are helping expectant mothers prepare for childbirth with dignity, even while in custody.

President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations will soon increase in ...

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

Ex-correction officer Dionisio Rosario gets 90-day jail term for planting weapon in inmate's cell at Rikers Island.

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 ...