FILE - The Rikers Island jail complex is shown in the Bronx borough of New York, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including ...

In a special edition of the podcast, NY1's Courtney Gross takes us behind bars on Rikers Island, where inmates, correction officers, and medical staff are all trying to reduce the spread of the virus.

The “Less is More Act” will reform the state's parole system and authorizes the emergency release of hundreds of inmates currently on Rikers Island. Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin originally ...

“Peggy” Clark, Antonio Ansara Cooper Jr., Dana Leanne Cooper, Anthony Christopher Cooper II Sixth row, from left: Diana Lynn Day, Peter L. Demaster, Castine Brooks Hearn Deveroux, Sheila ...

In a statement released after the meeting, Adams said his administration aims to reopen a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Rikers Island. In a statement released after the ...

A prominent neurologist convicted of a dozen counts of rape and sexual assault last month died on Rikers Island early Monday morning, the DOC confirmed. Ricardo Cruciani, 68, was the 12th Rikers ...

Inside 'The Box' With Some of Rikers Island's Most Violent Inmates: Part 1 Diane Sawyer went inside the unit called punitive segregation, where inmates are locked up for up to 23 hours a day.