The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided ...

For his service to people on Rikers Island, Officer J. Martin of the city Department of Correction was recognized for Martin ...

Steve Vorrath, 30, and 34-year-old Marcel George Urban, both of Texas, were arrested and charged with possession of a stolen ...

Jason Beeferman JAIL PLAN ‘FLAWED’: Adams slammed the plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex and replace it with four ...

The monitor appointed by a judge to track violence in the city’s notorious jail complex said in a highly-anticipated report ...

As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

State psych wards for seriously mentally ill people are so full that growing numbers are held in city jails instead.