Having these resources available to them on-island will better support our staff’s physical and emotional health and ensure ...

A woman held on Rikers Island claims in a shocking 33-page handwritten complaint that she was repeatedly raped with sex toys ...

In contrast to previous consent decrees that were more narrowly tailored and helped reform Rikers Island jails, the Nunez ...

Closing Rikers will provide a natural endpoint for the receivership and an opportunity for the city to take back control of ...

Prior to her passing, Ringgold issued a statement about her painting: “The women wanted to be free, they wanted to be out of ...

The U.S. Attorney's Office announced that the 37-year-old admitted to taking money to smuggle drugs into Rikers Island.

Barrientos pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery, which carries a maximum sentence of ...

Former Rikers Island officer Ghislaine Barrientos pleads guilty to bribery and smuggling narcotics into the jail.

A Mount Vernon resident and former corrections officer at Rikers Island has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to smuggle ...

The Bronx Defenders, a public defense nonprofit, joined forces with more than a dozen criminal justice organizations on ...