New Yorkers trying to visit loved ones on Rikers Island are routinely forced to endure hours-long waits, inconsistent rules ...

Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum ...

A man held in a city jail on a burglary charge died under as yet undisclosed circumstances early Friday, the 13th jail-related death in 2025, officials said. Edwin Ramos, 50, was found in medical ...

The City Council has filed a lawsuit to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration authorities to open an office on Rikers Island. The suit, lodged in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday, ...

Sixty percent of the nearly 7,000 inmates at Rikers Island in October required mental health services, up from 42% in a 2016, according to a new report from the Data Collaborative for Justice at John ...

Once a month, when the Brooklyn Children’s Museum is closed to the public, it welcomes a special group of visitors: parents incarcerated at Rikers Island and their children. The Haven: Reunification ...

A former New York City corrections officer will serve 90 days in jail after being convicted of planting a weapon in an inmate’s cell at Rikers Island and then falsifying reports about the incident, ...

A man detained at the Rikers Island jails died overnight after he was rushed to the hospital during a medical episode, city Department of Correction officials said Friday. A guard found Edwin Ramos, ...

Pei Chung, 34, is being held on a $4,500 cash bail or a $9,000 bond after refusing to pay for high-end meals at more than a dozen restaurants in Williamsburg. Trump canceling GDP report comes under ...

Accused Brooklyn serial dine-and-dash diva Pei Chung was finally a la carted off to jail — where she’ll munch on “Pizza Pockets” instead of Michelin star-worthy foie gras — after a judge held her on ...

Editor’s note: The video above aired in a previous newscast. THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A former New York City Department of Correction officer tried to frame an inmate by placing a weapon in his ...