Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city must develop a plan that implements a law banning prolonged solitary confinement in city ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ordered city corrections officials to come up with a plan to bring NYC jails into compliance with a ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani put New York City’s troubled jail system on the clock to end solitary confinement — issuing yet another ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani late Monday renewed a long-running state of emergency on Rikers Island, signing an executive order he ...

The New York City mayor’s order to bring jails into compliance with BOC rules signals a new approach to one of the city’s ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, ...

The New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate on Rikers Island. First Deputy Mayor Randy ...

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed after ...

This week, a federal judge appointed a remediation manager for Rikers Island. So will it make a difference in conditions there? "They didn't create this mess. I don't think they made it much better.

Legal Aid Society's evaluation of New York City jail complex's progress. — -- When New York City settled a class-action lawsuit over abuses at Rikers Island, officials agreed to implement reforms ...