After a long night of dancing in the streets of Crown Heights, a bus full of men, and bochurim headed out to Rikers Island.

A Rikers Island detainee suffering from clear signs of medical distress waited for roughly 3 ½ hours in a clinic holding pen without being seen because jail officers didn’t tell medical staff he was ...

Residents of one of the country’s most troubled facilities were given a preview of “Crime and Punishment in America,” a ...

After years of court battles, debate, and continued concerns about violence and excessive force plaguing the troubled jails system, a federal judge officially appointed former CIA officer Nicholas ...

Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he’d scrap the controversial plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex if he’s elected in November – a stunning about-face from the ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- Another person has died in New York City custody on Rikers Island, according to the Department of Corrections. Clarence Woodward, 41, was found having a medical emergency at ...

Jovanny Concepcion must also pay back more $230,000 he received after lying about injuries sustained in altercations with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Rikers Island inmates die 24 hours apart: officials RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – A court hearing held in Lower Manhattan on ...

Defendants found unfit to stand trial can spend upwards of six months waiting on Rikers Island for a bed in an upstate ...

Andrew Cuomo has finally come out for the only sane position on the troubled Rikers Island jail complex: Rebuild it, don’t replace it with smaller, more costly borough ones. Cuomo had previously ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --New York City officials said an inmate of Rikers Island died Tuesday, marking the seventh death of an inmate this year at the detention facility this year. The New York City Department ...

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