Some members of the group are awaiting trial; some are serving short sentences. In the meantime, with little else to do, they ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city must develop a plan that implements a law banning prolonged solitary confinement in city ...

Mayor Adams had fought the limits on solitary passed by the council. He vetoed the bill, then challenged the law itself in ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani late Monday renewed a long-running state of emergency on Rikers Island, signing an executive order he ...

A man being held on murder charges at the Rikers Island jail complex died early Monday morning after what appeared to be an allergic reaction, according to Department of Correction officials. The ...

Harvey Weinstein told a Manhattan judge he fears dying in prison as his lawyer signaled openness to a plea deal. The ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani put New York City’s troubled jail system on the clock to end solitary confinement — issuing yet another ...

Nestled in the South Pacific Ocean, some 6,000 people live on the most isolated, inhabited island in the world: Rapa Nui.

Jacqueline Pritchett, described by police sources as mentally ill, is free for now of any legal obligations regarding the ...

A man from The Bronx died while in custody at Rikers Island on Sunday. He is the 14th person to die in NYC Department of Corrections custody this year. DOC revealed that Kryon Randall, 33, was taken ...