A Rikers Island detainee died Wednesday while receiving palliative care at a local hospital, according to the New York City ...

A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers ...

As a 20-something in New York City, Mr. Cedeno had made plans for how his life would go, settling on getting a commercial driver’s license and earning a living as a trucker.

As coronavirus cases began spiking in New York City in March, officials worried that the city’s notorious jail system on Rikers Island could become a powder keg inside the epicenter of the pandemic.

The Big Apple is “considering” a plan to house migrants at Rikers Island, sources told The Post Wednesday — as Mayor Eric Adams revealed nearly 50% of the city’s hotel rooms… ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under ...

New York City to close Rikers Island By . Yoav Gonen, Rebecca Rosenberg and Bruce Golding. Published March 31, 2017. Updated March 31, 2017, 9:16 p.m. ET. Matthew McDermott; Reuters ...

Commentary Rikers Island: New York City's Neglected Sixth Borough Rikers has turned into the problem child that no one wants to take responsibility for—or make meaningful policy changes to fix.