Having these resources available to them on-island will better support our staff’s physical and emotional health and ensure ...
It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious ...
Barrientos pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery, which carries a maximum sentence of ...
A woman held on Rikers Island claims in a shocking 33-page handwritten complaint that she was repeatedly raped with sex toys ...
Part two of the Eagle’s deep dive into the history of Rikers and how it may impact the troubled jail complex’s future.
A Mount Vernon resident and former corrections officer at Rikers Island has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to smuggle ...
Closing Rikers will provide a natural endpoint for the receivership and an opportunity for the city to take back control of ...
Former Rikers Island officer Ghislaine Barrientos pleads guilty to bribery and smuggling narcotics into the jail.
A coalition of advocates is rallying behind the "Treatment Not Jail" act, a proposal aimed at prioritizing mental health ...
REUTERS Arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2016, Shanahan served a brief Rikers sentence and wrote a historical study of the prison after his release, while Campbell, convicted in 2018 of ...