As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

Former HFZ Capital exec Nir Meir was denied a significant bail reduction and will remain in Rikers Island jail unless he can ...

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...

For his service to people on Rikers Island, Officer J. Martin of the city Department of Correction was recognized for Martin ...

Michael Conley, a suspect in a violent December home invasion, is escorted by NYPD officers into the 120th Precinct in St.

City lawyers argued the current jail commissioner was best suited for the job. The notion was met with no small amount of ...

With every contract City Hall signs for new jails to replace Rikers, the completion date gets further and further away.

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) recently opened a new wellness center at Rikers Island for staff that features a gym.

Harvey Weinstein begged to go on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn't sure he will survive long enough in the "hell ...

When Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the parties in the Rikers Island litigation to come to a joint ...