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

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 ...

We will work closely with the federal monitor and the parties to put the City back on track to end solitary confinement as ...

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

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

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed two emergency executive orders on Tuesday, including one that would give the city ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed two executive orders, including one that would stop solitary confinement at Rikers ...

A men's boutique, "Dressed for the Part," has been launched at Rikers Island prison that will help prisoners with business ...

A Black man filed a civil rights lawsuit in December 2025, accusing Department of Correction (DOC) officers of sodomizing him.

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 ...