Court oversight meets lived experience at Rikers. Advocates are cautiously optimistic as new leaders start work.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A person in custody at Rikers Island died Sunday morning, the second in-custody death at the infamous ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the expansion of the city’s "Next Mile NYC" program to people in custody on ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to mindlessly free perps held at Rikers is a carbon copy of the de Blasio-era drive that immediately sent crime rates soaring; New Yorkers have zero reason to expect a ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced his plans to “responsibly” reduce the population in city jails because of a rise in the ...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani broke his Ramadan fast with Muslim inmates at Rikers Island, calling it one of the most meaningful ...

Zohran Mamdani wants New Yorkers to see his Ramadan visit to Rikers Island as an act of compassion. He broke fast with ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — There have now been two people who’ve died on Rikers Island within the last week. 49-year-old John Price, ...

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 ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani inspired anger after breaking his fast with Rikers Island inmates. If one needed any ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — A 39-year-old being held at a Rikers Island jail died Wednesday morning, city officials said. Barry ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rikers Island is on lockdown after correction officers reported a missing inmate. Sources tell Eyewitness News that the inmate jumped a fence at the Anna M. Kross Center jail, ...