The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth jail-related fatality ...

Mayor Eric Adams says one of the four new community jails being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with mental health issues.

It’s the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, following the death last week of 20-year-old Ariel Quidone, and ...

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds capacity of planned ...

A 21-year-old man died after becoming critically ill in Department of Correction custody last week, according to his family — ...

New York City should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated to take place by ...

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is investigating after an 'unidentified' attacker set a 45-year-old man on fire in ...

They've drunk the decarceration Kool-Aid — and they're convinced that jails do more harm than good. Yet the facts prove them wrong.

New York City authorities are searching for a suspect who set a man on fire in Times Square Sunday morning. Police responded ...

The Trump administration is threatening to withhold federal funding from the agency that runs the New York City subway if the ...