The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) announced on Thursday that no criminal charges will be ...

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

With jail house violence on the rise, city correction officials are moving forward with a plan to separate the boys from the men at Rikers Island. More than 1,000 inmates ages 18 to 21 will be ...

This week New York City Council voted to close Rikers Island jail, which has housed high-profile inmates including Tupac Shakur, Sid Vicious, and Mark David Chapman - the man who killed John Lennon.

“Rikers Island is less safe, for inmates and officers alike, when corrections officers and others in positions of public trust accept bribes to smuggle contraband,” Acting U.S. Attorney Edward ...

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail ... and control by inmates, to oppressive ...

(NewsNation) — Former convicts previously represented by Luigi Mangione’s lawyer told NewsNation on Thursday that high-profile inmates ... New York City’s Rikers Island.

(The Center Square) – New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail is likely ... that sought to improve safety for staff and inmates on Rikers Island. She said the court is "inclined" to let ...

Rikers Island is home to some of the most notorious and violent jails in the world. It is located in the East River in New York City. The majority of its detainees have not yet been convicted of a ...

Federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8, that Ghislaine Barrientos, a former corrections officer, has pleaded guilty to bribery in exchange for smuggling cocaine into Rikers Island jail.