The implementation of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration’s executive order allowing federal immigration agents to re-establish ...

Rahad Miah, 31, of Heberton Avenue in Port Richmond, stands accused in the attack on April 13 at 9:11 p.m. at the ...

As the population on Rikers Island continues to grow past 7,000 detainees – its highest point since 2019 – a collection of ...

The Vernon C. Bain Center, also known as “The Boat,” is perhaps the only floating jail in the country. Advocates have equated it to a slave ship. It’s an extension of Rikers Island. I know both The ...

Attorneys for Mayor Eric Adams are appealing a court decision that’s temporarily blocking his administration from taking any ...

Incarcerated women face a diverse subset of challenges while pregnant. This program helps them prepare for motherhood while ...

Espada said his father, along with others, was arrested but did not arrive at Rikers Island; instead, he was sent to Hart ...

Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal government reopen it?

By Shane O'Brien An Astoria pastry shop has introduced a "Pope Leo Cookie", complete with a picture of Pope Leo XIV, in honor ...

The City Council has filed a lawsuit to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration authorities to open an office on Rikers Island. The suit, lodged in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday ...

In an effort to close Rikers Island by 2027, the city launched a project that would build smaller jails in four boroughs to ...

Fox News contributor Paul Mauro and former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio join 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the debate of a potential ICE presence on Rikers Island and the city's handling of ...