The report lands at what the monitor describes as a “critical and uncertain” moment for the jail and Department of Correction ...

Aramis Furse, 32, was found unresponsive in his jail cell in December. A federal monitor says guards routinely fail to tour ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget unveiled on Jan. 20, excluded rollbacks against the state’s Raise the Age law.

When e-commerce billionaire Marc Lore announced his plans in 2021 to build a city called Telosa — a 150,000-acre metropolis ...

New York State has poured more than $65 million into public defense over the past seven years, but nearly all of that money bypassed New York City, helping fuel what defender groups now warn is a ...

At a Tuesday rally, NYC advocates hailed Gov. Kathy Hochul's decision to support a landmark juvenile justice law in her new ...

Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark has floated the idea of a new “mental health jail,” pointing to the high number of incarcerated people on psychiatric medication. But jail is not treatment, and ...

Unlike his two predecessors, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has no hope of avoiding a hard time with the Rikers Island jails: He faces ...

This year, seven large illuminated menorahs and five inflatable menorahs stood across Rikers Island, visible as you approach ...

Mayor Mamdani is now running the city, but soon he and the Department of Correction will not be running Rikers Island, the ...

Rikers Island is in the spotlight after a guard's suspension following a detainee's death and a lawsuit over another ...

A coalition of legal advocates called on lawmakers to defend a state law that prevents youth under 18 from being prosecuted ...