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 ...

So when it came time to name the jail’s new siddur — perhaps the first ever Jewish prayer book compiled expressly for use in ...

They were also alluding to their status as inmates on Rikers Island, New York City’s largest jail. “Everybody there knows ...

A suit accuses New York State’s mental health system of delaying treatment to restore people to competency, leaving them to ...

In a Zoom interview with the the Eagle this week, Sliwa said he firmly believes he has the ability to turn deep blue Queens ...

Wallace-Wells: You can see the same pattern applying to the management of disinformation, misinformation — which was ...

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

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

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

Detectives arrested Jose Guadalupe, 33, Thursday, charging him with murder in the Feb. 18, 2024, mugging of Edgar Acevedo in ...

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

Incarceration prevents people from qualifying for city-funded supportive housing, which requires a recent track record of homelessness.