The vast majority of people detained at Rikers are waiting for their day in court and have not been convicted of any crime.

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy spoke with Marcia Kramer on this week's episode ...

Rikers Island is a century-old jail complex on an island sandwiched between the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It’s home ...

Rikers Island is a humanitarian crisis, especially for those with severe mental illness. Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not ...

The convicted rapist who beat a woman nearly to death was captured on surveillance video throwing her e-bike into the water ...

New York City Public Advocate spoke with CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer about a variety of issues, including federal ...

A court date Friday morning for Nir Meir’s criminal fraud case left more questions than answers as to why the former HFZ ...

The recently announced federal-court takeover of Rikers Island was a long-overdue attempt to remove a stain on the soul of New York that shames all of us. The jail is being placed under the ...

A federal judge has decided to take control of New York’s Rikers Island jail away from city officials due to years of ...

Meir, the former top executive of New York City real estate development firm HFZ Capital Group, was ordered back to jail ...

A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...

Through the receivership order, the city will transfer power over local jails to a third-party expert appointed by the federal courts.