The union representing Rikers Island’s correction officers is suing the city for reinstating forced 12-hour shifts, arguing ...

STATEWIDE — State lawmakers held a press conference on Thursday following an unannounced visit to Rikers Island to assess the unsafe and inhumane conditions at the facility. The legislators arrived at ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Rikers Island is in a crisis of leadership, and outside intervention is needed to stabilize it, the federal monitor wrote to a judge ahead of an emergency hearing. The city has ...

Andrew Cuomo said during Crain's mayoral forum Wednesday morning that he wants to rebuild — not close, as is planned — the dysfunctional Rikers Island jail complex. During his prepared opening remarks ...

(CNN) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and ...

Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The New York City Department of ...

When Andrew Cuomo was governor, he pushed then-Mayor Bill de Blasio to speed the shutdown of jails on Rikers Island. He insisted the 10-year closure plan was too long and that the plethora of problems ...

An inmate at Rikers Island died early Sunday morning after being found unwell in his cell marking the 14th death at the jail ...