A federal monitor says violence, deaths and officer misconduct persist at Rikers, as a judge moves closer to appointing a receiver.

The defendant’s sister reportedly arrived home from school on the day of the slaying to find the victim's body in the bathtub ...

A Rikers Island officer, an inmate, and the inmate's wife are charged with smuggling contraband into the jail, including ...

A Department of Corrections officer was indicted Wednesday for smuggling marijuana and tobacco into a Rikers Island jail, in ...

When a federal judge announced last May that she would appoint an independent “remediation manager” to impose long-delayed ...

Inmate Shemar Hassani-Shaw was indicted for slashing a Rikers Island officer's face last December. Charges include Attempted ...

The plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit had asked for an injunction after two men with serious medical needs died in ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has given his agencies 45 days to form a plan to rid Rikers Island of solitary ...

Children as young as 12 are allegedly confined for weeks at a time with no education or human contact, a lawsuit claims.

Josiah Vann of Brabant Street, who was previously convicted of a violent robbery in his home community of Mariners Harbor, ...

Office of Children and Family Services facilities are violating state regulations governing the treatment of children in ...

A Black man filed a civil rights lawsuit in December 2025, accusing Department of Correction (DOC) officers of sodomizing him.