Four City Council members have decried a practice by city jails of locking severely mentally ill people in their cells for ...

Rikers Island detainee Charizma Jones, who died in July of a horrific skin condition, had a history of mental illness but was ...

A locked-up sex offender groped New York City Councilwoman Sandy Nurse during a Tuesday morning tour of Rikers Island, The Post has learned.

Multiple city agencies failed to help a man suffering from a mental health crisis in the lead up to his death on Rikers ...

An accused sex offender grabbed the rear end of City Council Member Sandy Nurse Tuesday morning during a surprise visit by ...

Councilmember Sandy Nurse said she was assaulted by a person in custody during a visit to Rikers Island Tuesday morning — and ...

If you screw this up in any way, I’m remanding you, which means you could be the richest person on the face of the earth, and ...

Manhattan City Councilmember Carlina Rivera introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand eligibility criteria for ...

Curtis Davis hanged himself, according to the medical examiner, but a new lawsuit alleges negligence by guards and says ...

A former Rikers Island correctional officer was cuffed by federal authorities last week after prosecutors said she smuggled ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— When asked on the witness stand Friday about the meaning of his nickname on Rikers Island, 32-year-old ...