Two days after a city-appointed commission unveiled a new plan to close Rikers Island, Mayor Eric Adams began to chart his ...

As we’ve said for years, the August 2027 deadline set by the City Council to close Rikers Islands will not be met. Now comes ...

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

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 ...

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

The population on Rikers Island has risen to 7,067 people this week, the highest total since 2019 — and almost twice as high ...

In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 ...

Jail officials have never been able to fully fill those roles ... People wait in line to visit loved ones detained on Rikers Island, Feb. 5, 2025. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY The four ...

Banished from the mainland, prisoners on Indonesia's notorious Nusakambangan Island await news of their fate. The prison complex is home to a number of prisons of varying levels of security.

Chloe Appleby is a general assignment reporter for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette. A North Carolina native, she has spent time reporting on higher education in the Southeast.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has recused her office from investigating the alleged beating death of a 22-year-old inmate at the hands of state prison guards. James’ office filed a motion in ...