Unlike his two predecessors, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has no hope of avoiding a hard time with the Rikers Island jails: He faces ...

The move occurred during Mamdani's first day in office when he revoked all of former New York City Mayor Eric Adams' ...

The report lands at what the monitor describes as a “critical and uncertain” moment for the jail and Department of Correction ...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an order to end solitary confinement on Rikers Island, mandating a plan for compliance with ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city must develop a plan that implements a law banning prolonged solitary confinement in city ...

A Rikers Island officer, an inmate, and the inmate's wife are charged with smuggling contraband into the jail, including ...

The New York City mayor’s order to bring jails into compliance with BOC rules signals a new approach to one of the city’s ...

The family of a 20-year-old man who died of appendicitis in Rikers Island custody last year is suing the city and the ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has issued an emergency executive order to overhaul the city's approach to solitary ...

We will work closely with the federal monitor and the parties to put the City back on track to end solitary confinement as ...

Violence on Rikers Island remains pervasive as the city waits for a federal judge to appoint a receiver to take over the ...

Ariel Quidone, 20, died days after his release. A city report found jail staff watched him vomit and did nothing.