Our full video series features City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander, State Assemblymember Zohran ...

The USA has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. Shelves of books and reams of media exposés have revealed the inhumanity of American jails, prisons, and immigration detention ...

Ahead of the June 24 primary, The New York Times analyzed the closing campaign speeches of the four leading Democrats running ...

The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

MANHATTAN (WABC) -- Two men in custody have died while on a bus en route to Rikers Island. The cause of their deaths is under investigation. The NYC Department of Corrections issued a statement saying ...

Two prisoners died just over an hour apart Friday — one at Rikers Island, and one after a medical emergency on a bus en route ...

An official told the lawmakers that immigrants slept on the floor and on benches overnight, but said the facility was no ...

Kaz Daughtry, a freewheeling deputy mayor, has emerged as a crucial ally for the Trump administration and its border czar. So ...

At a press conference Tuesday morning, Mayor Eric Adams again insisted that immigration enforcement in New York City is a ...

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still the frontrunner in the June 24 Democratic primary to replace Mayor Eric Adams amid early ...