Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...

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.

Nolveiro Vera Ordonez was hauled into court on theft charges and pleaded to be sent to jail while ICE agents waited outside ...

When it comes to crime, Zohran Mamdani cares more about the 7,600 people in city jails — victims, he believes, of an evil ...

The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and ...

The City Council was wrong to write a law purporting to ban solitary confinement on Rikers Island, as it would significantly ...

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

Ave — real name Roland Collins — got into a full blown shootout in the San Diego area. But interestingly enough, he wasn’t even the main target. Collins and his friend, who goes by Chef Geoff Cole, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando pastor Timothy Johnson is attracting national recognition for his initiative “Fatherless No More,” ...

The City Council on Monday passed a bill that they say will bring transparency to the way the city’s Department of Correction ...

Are you a fan of the Department of Homeland Security opening its new Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in the Florida ...