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.

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.

Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in ...

Raymond Campbell, 65, of Brooklyn, surrendered himself to face charges of leaving the scene of a fatal accident Monday, ...

"For years, the New York City Department of Correction has failed to follow federal court orders to enact meaningful reforms, allowing violence, disorder, and systemic dysfunction to persist in ...

NEW YORK — A Department of Correction detainee died Monday, after he attempted to take his own life last week, a source told NY1. According to the source, 58-year-old Anthony Scott had been on ...

Arcadia Cognerati, the leading authority in Human Behavior Pattern Recognition & Analysis (HBPR&A), today announced the ...

Angela Wells claims racism and retaliation at work. With a hearing set for 2026, she seeks justice after facing threats and ...

The four ex-chiefs allege Adams allowed ex-Police Commissioner Edward Caban, ex-Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey and other ...

Late last month, city Correction Department officials asked the jail oversight board to expand bed capacity in certain Rikers ...

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 ...

A judge granted a preliminary injunction against state prisons employing solitary confinement despite banning it last Wednesday, July 2.