The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded himself on Rikers Island.

Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...

The chief medical officer for Rikers Island says the city can’t safely manage the jail, asks the Council to request state or federal assistance.

One of the ironies of Nunez’s story, and something that still rankles him, is he received just $75,000 in a settlement in ...

Various problems have reached such a critical point that federal authorities have stripped New York City of control over the ...

The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the ...

The Queens public defender arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle THC-laced papers to a Rikers Island inmate has been ...

Two men died on Rikers Island Friday, raising 2025's death toll to seven and intensifying scrutiny of the jail’s dangerous conditions.

Hochul said the transfers will be done by moving up to 40 inmates a day for the next five days and are meant to alleviate crowding conditions on the jail.

The Bronx DA’s office has dropped all charges against a Queens public defender arrested on Rikers Island for possession of ...

A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers ...