STATEWIDE — State lawmakers held a press conference on Thursday following an unannounced visit to Rikers Island to assess the unsafe and inhumane conditions at the facility. The legislators arrived at ...
More than two years after city jail officials cut off nonprofit-led social services at Rikers Island, several organizations ...
Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system. The city is ...
(CNN) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and ...
The jail barge, officially called the Vernon C. Bain Center, was a relic of the crack cocaine era. It was notorious even among Rikers Island’s many troubled lockups. On Monday, former detainees and ...
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