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

A 22-year-old Rikers Island detainee says jail staff “effectively sterilized” him by prescribing him an antidepressant that ...

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

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

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

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

A new Board of Correction report has backed up allegations detailed in October by the Daily News — that jail staff are ...

Prosecutors said the defendant — listed in jail records at 5-feet-8 inches-tall and weighing 180 pounds — grabbed a kitchen ...

"We never turn people away, yet the demand consistently exceeds resources. Despite these challenges, our programs are proven ...