Closing Rikers will provide a natural endpoint for the receivership and an opportunity for the city to take back control of ...

Public officials have it within their power to take necessary steps toward permanently closing the atrocious jails on Rikers.

As a federal judge considers taking Rikers Island out of the city’s control and handing it to a court-appointed receiver, the ...

Barrientos pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery, which carries a maximum sentence of ...

Former Rikers Island officer Ghislaine Barrientos pleads guilty to bribery and smuggling narcotics into the jail.

Medical records reveal correction officers blocked medical personnel from accessing her cell six times before her death.

Lo” Smith was an inmate at Rikers Island, known for keeping out of trouble. However, in February 1990, he was discovered dead ...

The New York City Board of Correction urged correction officers not to interfere with detainees’ medical care as the city’s ...

A federal judge has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand over management of its Rikers Island jail complex to a third ... a "fight night" organized by gang leaders while guards watched ...

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