Council Member Robert Holden (D-Queens) called for Mayor Adams to reopen the ICE office at Rikers Island and let local law ...

A Correction captain on Rikers Island who cost the city $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim has been named in yet ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...

A judge may order a federal takeover of Rikers Island due to persistent violence and unmet reform requirements.

A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a ...

Mayor Eric Adams opposes receivership for the city's jails but has pledged to shut down Rikers Island by 2027, despite ...

A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...

A federal judge has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand over management of its Rikers Island jail complex to a third ...

New York City was found in contempt Wednesday over “grave” conditions at Rikers Island — as a judge said she was “inclined” to order a federal takeover of the ...

NYC's Rikers Island mail ban proposal is questioned due to high rates of false positives in fentanyl field tests, where only ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt on 18 separate counts, underscoring the city's failure to address issues ...

In 2022, former New York City Department of Corrections Commissioner Louis Molina testified before the city council about the ...