The Bronx DA’s office has dropped all charges against a Queens public defender arrested on Rikers Island for possession of alleged drug-soaked papers after lab tests showed there were no ...

Equity actors for roles in Center Stage's (Baltimore) 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).

"I fear for my kids when I drop them off at school. Our schools aren't safe and our kids aren't safe," rapper writes ...

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

Luis Bernier has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples ...

The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

The wrongful-death lawsuit against the two men comes after the inmates were awarded a combined $367,500 from New York City as ...

Two prisoners died just over an hour apart Friday — one at Rikers Island, and one after a medical emergency on a bus en route ...

Two people died on Rikers Island in the same afternoon following medical emergencies last Friday, June 20. They mark the ...

Even in a place like Rikers Island, light can break through. This year’s pre-Shavuos celebration transformed the prison into ...

The man who allegedly pepper sprayed a baby and her mother on the subway was still locked up on Rikers Island as of Monday afternoon, according to online records.Edward Vargas, ...

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.