The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

Jail is a punishment, but being behind bars should never be a death sentence. A NYC jail is under investigation after a Black ...

A letter from Ocasio-Cortez and other Democratic House representatives called the jail's conditions "deplorable and nothing short of a humanitarian crisis." ...

Mr. Reina, 56, is a cook on Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious 415-acre jail complex in Queens. He commutes two hours from Flatbush, Brooklyn, to prepare meals for the jail population and ...

Martin’s report – his 10th evaluating operations at Rikers Island – said that conditions have only worsened and accused Molina and his staff of trying to hide multiple assaults. A few hours after the ...

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 ...

Homan confirmed that the mayor committed to helping restore a federal presence in Rikers Island prison. But based on a 2014 Sanctuary law, ICE agents are banned from the prison. However, according to ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city’s Rikers Island jail NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city's Rikers Island jail following a meeting Thursday with President Donald Trump's border czar.

Mayor Eric Adams vowed to reopen the shuttered ICE office at Rikers Island following a closed-door ... immigration presence at the troubled jail complex – with a new mandate to work with the ...

A former assistant chief at New York’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office heralded Mayor Eric Adams’ vow to reopen Rikers Island to ... booked into the jail and we would be ...