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Actress La La Anthony founded the ThreeSixty program to help incarcerated men ages 18-21.
The bill passed places a four-hour limit on isolating inmates who pose a risk of violence to others or themselves…
Alvin Bragg's initiative is voluntary and unrelated to a strategy unveiled this month by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
One rookie corrections officer has been fired in connection with the incident, and several others have reportedly been suspended.
Derrick Harris is suing New York City and the NYPD after a four-year Rikers Island sentence he claims was wrongful.
Fifteen Rikers Island inmates lost their lives this year, all men of color, and several of whom likely died for…
An inmate died at New York City’s Rikers Island jail, bringing the death toll at the troubled facility to 11…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the "Less is More Act" into law, which is aimed at reducing jail re-entry…
Thomas Earl Braunson III had been jailed and held in 'horrible conditions' when he died behind bars on Rikers Island…
56 percent of the more than 270 corrections officers who were disciplined from January 2019 to August 2020, misled investigators.
Two inmates died within days of one another on Rikers Island amidst other incidents of gross negligence at the infamous…
Lil Wayne is facing up to 10 years in federal prison when he's sentenced on Jan. 28 for possessing a…
A New. York nurse is denied bail and remains on Riker's Island after killing her estranged husband she says in…
More than one dozen uniformed staff members at the Rikers Island jail complex will face disciplinary action as fallout mounts…
An inmate at New York City's Rikers Island attempted to escape by swimming across the East River, but was captured…
New video footage has surfaced related to the death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, raising questions about the transgender woman's treatment.
theGrio investigates how the coronavirus pandemic has turned Rikers Island, one of the world’s most notorious penal complexes, into a…
Harvey Weinstein was transported to Rikers’ infirmary unit after he was rushed to Bellevue Hospital following his conviction on rape
Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to revamp the troubled Rikers Island prison complex and on Thursday the New York City Council…
The unexplained death of transgender woman Layleen Polanco at New York's city jail is spurring advocacy groups to demand answers