Rikers Island detainee Charizma Jones, who died in July of a horrific skin condition, had a history of mental illness but was ...

Multiple city agencies failed to help a man suffering from a mental health crisis in the lead up to his death on Rikers ...

Harvey Weinstein, the once-powerful Hollywood producer, has been diagnosed with bone cancer while serving time at Rikers Island, a jail in New York. Despite his health issues, Weinstein is actively ...

Four City Council members have decried a practice by city jails of locking severely mentally ill people in their cells for ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday directed New York City officials to begin developing a plan for a possible federal takeover of Rikers Island ... handing the jail system over ...

A Gothamist investigation has turned up disturbing allegations against one prison guard in particular at Rikers Island who is ...

Court officials know they need to speed things up to keep the prison population down ahead of the planned Rikers closure.

DOJ Photo of Ghislaine Barrientos, entering Riker’s Island with drugs Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the ...

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9, that four Rikers Island inmates have been charged on ...

At almost every moment in its history, Los Angeles has been building a new jail — or debating whether to do so.

Brooklyn Defender Services called for immediate action, including the appointment of a federal receiver to oversee the troubled jail complex and the complete closure of Rikers Island.