Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...

The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded himself on Rikers Island.

Nolveiro Vera Ordonez was hauled into court on theft charges and pleaded to be sent to jail while ICE agents waited outside ...

The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and ...

When it comes to crime, Zohran Mamdani cares more about the 7,600 people in city jails — victims, he believes, of an evil ...

The City Council was wrong to write a law purporting to ban solitary confinement on Rikers Island, as it would significantly ...

Last year, Troy came home after serving time for his role in the 2016 shooting at New York’s Irving Plaza — a night that ...

Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in ...

The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the ...

The City Council on Monday passed a bill that they say will bring transparency to the way the city’s Department of Correction ...

An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Tzar is taken from the scene by police, Image 2 shows Jennifer Tzar, ...

Ave — real name Roland Collins — got into a full blown shootout in the San Diego area. But interestingly enough, he wasn’t even the main target. Collins and his friend, who goes by Chef Geoff Cole, ...