A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a ...
A federal judge said that she was leaning toward taking the extreme measure of stripping the city of its control of Rikers ...
Buono Memorial Bridge, which connects the island to Queens, and then evaded security and rolled ... arriving with a friend to ...
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday said she is “inclined” to appoint a federal receiver to oversee the use of force and ...
has been ongoing for years Vidal Guzman was 16 years old when he entered Rikers Island jail for the first time. As he crossed the bridge over to the island, a prison guard told him to "get ready ...
A bridge connect Rikers Island to the rest of New York Rikers Island, a New York jail notorious for the grim stories of cruelty and abuse that emerged from behind its walls, and for its infamous ...