Mayor Eric Adams told incoming border czar Tom Homan he wants to reopen the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

Sixteen-year-old Kalief Browder was accused of taking a backpack. He spent the next three years on Rikers Island, without trial. The juvenile ward on Rikers Island is a world of constant violence ...

NEW YORK -- A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal takeover. Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city and the ...

Nov. 27 (UPI) --A judge has ruled New York City is officially in contempt over its "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal takeover of the system now seen ...

Jasmin was not organized by the department.” The New York City Department of Corrections logo is pictured on the floor of a Rikers Island jail. (Todd Maisel/New York Daily News) Jasmin made $ ...

New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail is likely to be taken over by the federal government after a judge ruled the city in contempt of court for failing to deal with “alarming and unacceptable” ...

Watch on Deadline “When I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb ... often in Bellevue than Rikers. “While in the custody of Rikers Island Correctional Facility, ...

A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a receivership. By Alyce McFadden New York City could lose control over its jails ...

The Rikers Island jail is slated to be closed in 2027, but the city has pushed back deadlines to do so.