Having these resources available to them on-island will better support our staff’s physical and emotional health and ensure ...

A woman held on Rikers Island claims in a shocking 33-page handwritten complaint that she was repeatedly raped with sex toys ...

Public officials have it within their power to take necessary steps toward permanently closing the atrocious jails on Rikers.

Closing Rikers will provide a natural endpoint for the receivership and an opportunity for the city to take back control of ...

Barrientos pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery, which carries a maximum sentence of ...

Former Rikers Island officer Ghislaine Barrientos pleads guilty to bribery and smuggling narcotics into the jail.

A Mount Vernon resident and former corrections officer at Rikers Island has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to smuggle ...

Joan Little during an interview at Rikers Island prison in New York city on December 21, 1977 goes through the motions to ...

The Bronx Defenders, a public defense nonprofit, joined forces with more than a dozen criminal justice organizations on ...