New York City lawmakers are set to vote Wednesday on several bills aimed at improving conditions for people in custody and laying more groundwork for the eventual closure of the Rikers Island jails.

(Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday said she is taking control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail complex away from city officials and appointing an independent official to oversee it, ...

A federal judge seized control of New York City’s troubled jail system Tuesday — ordering that an outside official be brought in to clean up Rikers Island and other lockups. The 77-page order by ...

Ackman posted on X that bail reform has created a system where "those arrested for all but the most serious crimes are released almost immediately back onto the streets." He argued that the policy ...

As a federal judge moves forward with her plan to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, her longtime federal monitor said last week in a new report that while the city’s management of the ...

FILE - The Rikers Island jail complex is shown in the Bronx borough of New York, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) (Ted Shaffrey, Copyright 2024 ...

It’s official. After years of court battles, debate, and continued concerns about violence and excessive force plaguing the troubled jails system, a federal judge stripped New York City of its control ...

As a federal judge continues to consider taking Rikers Island out of the city’s control, a jail expert hired by the city says that current Department of Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie ...

NEW YORK — Just before Thanksgiving 18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano became the latest casualty of Rikers Island. Feliciano, who had a history of suicide attempts, got injured in a fight with other ...

Last fall, a group of New School students decided to participate in some subway vandalism. After noticing the official MTA subway map didn’t have Rikers Island labeled, they began posting stickers ...

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman spoke out against New York's bail reform laws and Assembly member Zohran Mamdani on Monday, warning that efforts to reduce the Rikers Island jail population could ...