The Independent Rikers Commission, a collective tasked with examining the city’s plan to close Rikers Island, has unveiled a ...

New York City should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated to take place by ...

A 21-year-old being held on Rikers Island died over the weekend, marking the third detainee death seen at the troubled jail ...

A Lower East Side man likely died of untreated appendicitis hours after his release from Rikers, according to his family, who ...

A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds capacity of planned ...

The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission appointed by the City Council ...

(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city’s Rikers Island jail following a meeting Thursday ...

Two teenage boys who police say are responsible for vandalizing a Mercer Island middle school with ... or not charges would be filed. Instead of jail time, KCPAO said the juveniles were ...

By Hurubie Meko A federal judge overseeing the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is weighing two distinct proposals on how to fix the city’s troubled and violent lockups. For nearly a ...

He’s a terror on the streets and a nightmare behind bars. Sundance Oliver, 30, a Brooklyn gangbanger locked up on murder charges for allegedly killing two people ...