Rikers Island inmates at the East River jail recently celebrated walking across the stage, beating the odds of an uncertain future behind bars. These 63 Rikers high school graduates exchanged their ...

From podcaster Andrew Schulz to Sen. Rand Paul, these folks were once darlings of MAGA. Now? Things are changing.

Why I Blew the Whistle on Extreme Confinement on Rikers Island Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human contact — ...

Judge blocks plan to allow im­mi­gration agents on Rikers Island BY Associated Press New York City PUBLISHED 12:51 PM ET Jun. 14, 2025 ...

A judge has blocked Mayor Eric Adams from letting federal immigration authorities reopen an office at Rikers Island.

RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – A court hearing held in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday aimed to determine whether ICE and other federal agencies can set up shop on Rikers Island. A state judge in ...

As the issues continue, New York City has "held onto its control of Rikers with white knuckles — struggling to show progress and reaching the brink of losing oversight of the jails as critics of ...

A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail stating that it remained unconstitutionally dangerous for inmates.

A federal judge Tuesday seized control of NYC's jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court.

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under ...

The yet-to-be-appointed receiver for Rikers Island would have enormous power to hire staff, change city policies and alter existing union contracts.