An inmate was found dead in his cell on Rikers Island early Saturday morning. Noland Arbaugh, who lost movement and sensation ...

The New York City Department of Correction is investigating the death of an individual who was found unresponsive in his cell ...

While the DOC listed Billa as the ninth death, advocates and other city officials include a 10th person, Ariel Quidone, in ...

A man being held on Rikers Island died early Saturday, the 10th inmate being housed in city jails to die this year. City ...

A Rikers Island detainee’s lawsuit against the City of New York and two correctional officers was tossed this week after a federal judge found that his constitutional rights were not violated during a ...

The city's latest budget includes funds to grow the number of apartments in the Justice-Involved Supportive Housing program ...

The city is piloting a program that gives Rikers Island detainees municipal IDs in the hopes that it eases their transition ...

A teenager accused of repeatedly taking city subway trains on high-speed joyrides will have to spend more than a month on ...

So when it came time to name the jail’s new siddur — perhaps the first ever Jewish prayer book compiled expressly for the use in a correctional facility — the choice was obvious. “The Very Narrow ...

An inmate was found dead in his cell at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island early Saturday morning, according to the ...

The judicial appointment of an outside authority to temporarily run Rikers Island offers a rare opportunity to transform one ...

A person who is unhoused before incarceration is no less vulnerable after release. But our current policy treats time in jail ...