An inmate at Rikers Island is indicted for assaulting a correction officer, leading to serious injuries. Robert Ray allegedly ...

As the 2027 deadline to close the Rikers Island jail complex looms and the city moves forward with a plan to replace it, ...

The Department of Correction’s civilian watchdog board accused the agency on Tuesday of repeatedly ignoring their authority ...

As a judge considers appointing a receiver to oversee the jails, there are two very different plans for how that would work.

Lefty Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer is pushing the city to feed jailbirds “farm-to-table” meals, like ones served up at ...

Despite assurances from Mayor Eric Adams that Rikers Island would finally open its doors to Immigration and Customs ...

A City Council crime hearing last week was straight out of fantasy land — but without enough jail space, Police Commissioner ...

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

There's trouble ahead for New Yorkers distressed about crime levels. New York City's Democratic establishment, including ...

The fallout from the 22-day strike by state correction officers which ended Monday has put more than 300 people awaiting ...

A Bronx man was freed after spending over two decades in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit, but now he may have to ...