Eight new adult corrections officers are now part of the teams at two state corrections facilities on the Big Island after ...

The Hall County Jail has been holding ICE detainees for a few weeks, Hall County Corrections Director Todd Bahensky reported at Tuesday's Hall County Commission meeting. As of Tuesday, the jail was ...

A tentative trial date has been set for Monday, Oct. 6 for the murder of Marcy prison inmate Robert L. Brooks. According to ...

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 ...

NYC Council is set to pass a bill for swift disclosure of detainee deaths at Rikers Island, aiming to increase transparency and address secrecy concerns.

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Rikers Island has a decades-long reputation of spiraling dysfunction, brutality, and even death against those awaiting trial. The East River prison allowed Eyewitness News onto their grounds to ...

A 51-year-old detainee died at Bellevue Hospital while in the custody of the Department of Correction on Wednesday.

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

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