A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...

The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, causing injuries severe enough to require emergency surgery, according to ...

A Bronx jury Tuesday acquitted a correction captain while convicting an officer for their roles in a 2019 incident during which a Rikers Island detainee tried to hang himself, and at least four ...

The mother of a New York City correction officer exclusively spoke to Eyewitness News to plead for help finding the killer who shot her son five years ago.

It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island ... help correctional officers keep temperatures down. With so many inmates serving time for stealing ...

he said “she has played a central role in the progress we have made" in bringing down violence on Rikers Island. Now, his administration is proposing a new role for Maginley-Liddie: compliance ...

Weinstein was quick to call out Rikers Island, where he is in custody, saying he wasn't sure he would live until the spring while inside the "hell hole" jail complex, which sits near LaGuardia Airport ...

The Department of Corrections is planning to open similar centers at other facilities on Rikers, according to a news release. “Having these resources available to them on-island will better ...