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 ...

Inmates are running wild on Rikers Island amid an ongoing staffing crunch that’s left charges free to stab each other, answer the phones and run through corridors destroying maintenance equipment, The ...

Rikers Island is in the spotlight after a guard's suspension following a detainee's death and a lawsuit over another ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died in his prison cell Saturday morning – marking the ninth reported prisoner death at the troubled New York City jail this year, officials said. Ardit Billa, 29, who was ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city’s criminal justice system. The city is ...

One female correction officer at Rikers Island walks around the troubled jail complex with her back to the wall after a male inmate grabbed her rear end. Another wakes up in cold sweats reliving the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Authorities swept Rikers Island Monday, searching officers and inmates for drugs, weapons and contraband. Sources say two correction officers were arraigned on drug charges ...

Some members of the group are awaiting trial; some are serving short sentences. In the meantime, with little else to do, they ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rikers Island is on lockdown after correction officers reported a missing inmate. Sources tell Eyewitness News that the inmate jumped a fence at the Anna M. Kross Center jail, ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system. The city is ...