NEW YORK — Rikers Island for the most part makes headlines for violence and disorder, so much so that New York City has moved to close the notorious jail complex. But on Tuesday, there was a palpable ...

Rikers Island inmates react as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, not pictured, leaves the jail complex during a World Cup semifinal soccer match watch party for the game between England and ...

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined more than 100 inmates at Rikers Island on Wednesday to watch the World Cup semifinal between England and Argentina, chatting with inmates in the city's troubled ...

The federal monitor tracking conditions on Rikers Island said the dangerous jail has remained mired in dysfunction and ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration announced the closure of a Rikers Island facility Monday. City and jail officials said the North Infirmary Command was permanently shut down. "This ...

Advocates and researchers urged New York City officials to expand community-based mental health treatment and reduce the ...

Rikers Island is one of the world’s most notorious jail complexes. Set in the East River between the Bronx and Queens in New York City, the century-old site houses 10 city jails and has long been ...

After years of failed attempts to reform Rikers Island, a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday will consider whether to put New York City's sprawling and troubled jail complex under control of the ...

The Big Apple’s borough-based jail program has nearly doubled in cost and remains years behind schedule ahead of the troubled Rikers Island complex’s legally-mandated shutdown. The plan has ballooned ...