The city’s Department of Correction says it will open the bidding process to any contractors who want to operate its jail ...
Calling Rikers a “stain on this city,” Weinstein, 72, said he was advocating on behalf of all detainees at the jail.
It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious ...
City lawyers argued the current jail commissioner was best suited for the job. The notion was met with no small amount of ...
The jury found Captain Terry Henry not guilty of reckless endangerment and official misconduct but Officer Kenneth Hood ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two men were arrested and drugs were seized during a pre-dawn raid at an apartment in New Brighton, ...
Having these resources available to them on-island will better support our staff’s physical and emotional health and ensure ...
City Hall late Friday told a federal judge that she should look no further than the current Department of Correction ...
Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...