Rikers Island is a violent, chaotic, drug-ridden nightmare: At least 32 inmates have died in custody these last three years, jail staff keep getting attacked, and gangs often do what they please.

The days of New York City officials overseeing Rikers Island may very well be numbered. Pointing to nearly a decade of violence and failed promises by city leaders, Manhattan federal judge Laura Swain ...

A Rikers Island Correction captain who cost the city $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim has been named in yet another lawsuit — this time accused of subjecting a female subordinate to ...

The Rikers Island jail is slated to be closed in 2027, but the city has pushed back deadlines to do so.

By Alyce McFadden New York City could lose control over its jails after a federal judge on Wednesday said that it had failed to improve conditions at the notoriously dangerous Rikers Island complex.

New York City was found in contempt Wednesday over “grave” conditions at Rikers Island — as a judge said she was “inclined” to order a federal takeover of the troubled jail complex.

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

A retiring Rikers Island captain named a pair of sexual misconduct lawsuits got a celebratory goodbye from his colleagues, video obtained by the Daily News shows. Capt. Edwich Jasmin, a 37-year ...

Currently held in Pennsylvania's State Correctional Institution at Huntington, Mangione is awaiting extradition proceedings that could send him to New York's infamous Rikers Island. According to ...

NEW YORK -- A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal takeover. Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city and the ...

“We’re hoping this is a sign of hope for all the people in custody and their families that there can finally be change in Rikers Island and the city jails.” Lawyers for Rikers Island ...