For New Yorkers seeking an end to generations of violence, dysfunction and racially disparate incarceration at Rikers Island, last year brought a glimmer of relief. In a long-running federal court ...

For nearly a decade, a federal judge has been pushing to end abuse and violence in the jails on Rikers Island. With chronic staffing shortages, rampant violence and 32 deaths in custody during just ...

Camilla Broderick stood before the buzzing crowd at Columbia University. Competing this evening, she announced from the lectern, would be Columbia Debate Society versus the Rikers Debate Team. The ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York State's Supreme Court has barred ICE from opening an office at Rikers Island, a ruling that's a blow to both Mayor Eric Adams and the Trump administration. Judge Mary ...

The finding was a landmark in a court case that has stretched out over more than a decade. Plans for a receivership of New York City’s jails will be heard on Jan. 14. By Hurubie Meko and Jan Ransom A ...

Some 350 convicted people are crowded onto Rikers Island awaiting transfer to prisons upstate due to continued ripple effects from the state prison strike, according to jail officials. The backlog has ...