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

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

Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s rise to power brought rare political clarity to Thailand. After years of instability, her government appeared to offer a fresh start. Economic indicators began to show signs ...

New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has been troubled by years of neglect and now has spiraled into turmoil during the coronavirus pandemic. By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Arts Aug 01 ...

North Brother Island in New York served as a quarantine zone for those infected with deadly diseases such as typhoid and ...

How Diddy became the last man standing in the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry - Diddy has spent over three decades at ...

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

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 ...

NEW YORK — As Rikers Island continues to be in turmoil, lawyers are preparing to ask a federal judge to consider emergency relief to alleviate conditions on the island. Emergency relief could ...

"So you want to talk about what's going on with health care now?" Dr. Robert Berke asks. "It's a mess. It's an absolute mess.

Inside 'The Box' With Some of Rikers Island's Most Violent Inmates: Part 1 Diane Sawyer went inside the unit called punitive segregation, where inmates are locked up for up to 23 hours a day.