A library at the women’s jail on Rikers Island reopened this week after the resource had been shut down for nearly a year as ...

One female correction officer at Rikers Island walks around the troubled jail complex with her back to the wall after a male inmate grabbed her rear end. Another wakes up in cold sweats reliving the ...

For New York City’s mayor, the hard part isn’t deciding whether or not to shut down Rikers, but figuring out how to do it safely and in a timely way.

New York City's plan to close Rikers Island faces delays and political opposition, while Mayor Mamdani has taken steps to ...

An attorney who represents multiple women who say they were sexually assaulted by a Rikers Island corrections officer is asking the Department of Corrections to review how it responds to civil sexual ...

The women's stories are part of lawsuits against the city and the Department of Corrections, filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. Hundreds of women allege rampant sexual assault, abuse at ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and rebuild on ...

Mayor Mamdani is now running the city, but soon he and the Department of Correction will not be running Rikers Island, the troubled jail, as Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain is due to ...