The rising demand for mental health and substance use services at the jails — amid a looming mandate to close the troubled ...

Corey Henry receives a 5-year sentence for stabbing fellow inmates at Rikers Island, pleading guilty to Assault and Attempted Murder.

A new watchdog report on Rikers Island details new medical and safety horrors besetting detainees at the sprawling jail complex — a headache that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can’t avoid.

The swine flu outbreak spread from city schools to jails with the hospitalization of a Rikers Island inmate Saturday, prompting the jail to cancel weekend visits for some inmates and dole out hand ...

Officials say an officer discovered a man in need of medical attention and immediately provided aid just after midnight.

An inmate died of a medical emergency in the bathroom of a Rikers Island facility Tuesday morning – marking the eighth reported death of an inmate at the city’s jails this year, officials said. A ...

The video above aired in a previous nescast. THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A former New York City Department of Correction ...

Sixteen-year-old Bailey, who goes by Oli, is a sweet, insightful teenager with a love for drawing, writing and caring for others. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Five correction officers are in the hospital after allegedly getting beaten by teenage inmates at Rikers Island. The young attackers are housed in a new unit for what's called ...

Jurisdictions across the country are releasing inmates under specific terms. Social distancing, staying 6 feet apart and cleaning surfaces with anti-bacterial products are some of the tools health ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rikers Island is on lockdown after correction officers reported a missing inmate. Sources tell Eyewitness News that the inmate jumped a fence at the Anna M. Kross Center jail, ...