A lawsuit claims that two areas in the New York City jail are designed so that detainees are effectively in solitary ...

Two more people held in city jails died by suicide in 2025 and three more fatally overdosed on contraband narcotics, the New ...

Three corrections officers have been suspended following the death of a man incarcerated at New York City's troubled Rikers Island, jail officials said. Officers found Ardit Billa, 29, unresponsive in ...

The New York Supreme Court on Monday handed down a ruling barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement from reopening an ...

Murder suspect Jimmy Avila’s brother is a Correction Department captain who was working in the jail unit where Avila was ...

New York State's Supreme Court ruled on Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot reopen an office at ...

The City Council on Tuesday celebrated its victory over the Adams administration, successfully suing to prevent a mayoral ...

A Manhattan judge on Monday struck down an executive order by New York City Mayor Eric Adams that allowed immigration ...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) There are two absurdities about Rikers Island, the notorious New York City jail.

Galina Smirnova, 95, was jailed at Rikers Island on charges in connection with the death of a 89-year-old woman at a New York ...

NEW YORK -- Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday unveiled additional details of his plan to curb violence at the problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex after touring a highly restrictive housing unit ...

RIKERS ISLAND, New York (WABC) -- A correction officer was hospitalized after he was allegedly attacked and injured by an inmate at Rikers Island early Thursday. The officer was apparently struck in ...