The vast majority of people detained at Rikers are waiting for their day in court and have not been convicted of any crime.

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy spoke with Marcia Kramer on this week's episode ...

A federal judge has decided to take control of New York’s Rikers Island jail away from city officials due to years of ...

Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction ...

A federal judge took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.

A federal judge on Tuesday stripped New York City of its control over the Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be ...

Dan Mannarino speaks with New York City Council Member, Sandy Nurse, about the city no longer fully controlling its jail ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that manager will "support remediation of the ... of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager This past ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A federal judge Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court. In the ...