Rikers Island is a humanitarian crisis, especially for those with severe mental illness. Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not ...

A Manhattan Supreme Court justice on Friday blocked the Adams administration from bringing federal immigration officers onto Rikers Island. The preliminary injunction will prevent agents from ...

Rikers Island must be shut down by 2027, according to a city law enacted during the de Blasio Adminstration in 2019. However, those running this November to be the next NYC mayor aren't so sure that ...

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 rebuild on ...

When some of Rabbi Mia Simring’s congregants named themselves The Very Narrow Bridge Congregation, they weren’t just referring to the anthemic Hebrew song “Gesher Tsar Meod” or the teaching from Rabbi ...

New York's Q100 bus takes just five minutes to carry visitors and corrections officers across a bridge to one of the nation's most infamous jail complexes. When they arrive, Rikers Island can feel ...