As early voting begins in New York City’s mayoral election, the race comes down to this: whether voters want law and order in ...

Managing Rikers Island — and moving to close it once and for all — will be one of the thorniest issues for New York City’s ...

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 ...

A question over the city’s plan to close Rikers Island and build four new borough-based jails as its replacement sparked one of the most contentious moments of Wednesday’s mayoral debate, the last ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city’s criminal justice system. The city is ...

The officer failed to provide lifesaving aid to the 43-year-old man as he had a seizure in a cell, according to an official report.

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, ...

The man reportedly brought the iPhone into Rikers Island himself, and metal detectors missed it. In the video, he is seen describing his cell, the food he eats, and shows off a handmade weapon. A ...

NEW YORK — A man being held on Rikers Island died early Saturday, the 10th inmate being housed in city jails to die this year. City Department of Correction officials confirmed the death, claiming ...