A Department of Corrections officer was indicted Wednesday for smuggling marijuana and tobacco into a Rikers Island jail, in ...

When a federal judge announced last May that she would appoint an independent “remediation manager” to impose long-delayed ...

Violence on Rikers Island remains pervasive as the city waits for a federal judge to appoint a receiver to take over the ...

The move occurred during Mamdani's first day in office when he revoked all of former New York City Mayor Eric Adams' ...

Inmate Shemar Hassani-Shaw was indicted for slashing a Rikers Island officer's face last December. Charges include Attempted ...

We will work closely with the federal monitor and the parties to put the City back on track to end solitary confinement as ...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an order to end solitary confinement on Rikers Island, mandating a plan for compliance with ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, ...

On Tuesday, Mamdani signed an emergency executive order directing jail officials to figure out how to follow several city ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani late Monday renewed a long-running state of emergency on Rikers Island, signing an executive order he ...

The New York City mayor’s order to bring jails into compliance with BOC rules signals a new approach to one of the city’s ...

Some members of the group are awaiting trial; some are serving short sentences. In the meantime, with little else to do, they ...