In her summary of the case so far, Swain lays out the long unhappy tale of the city’s efforts to improve the dire conditions on Rikers which is essentially a history of successive correction ...

A Bronx man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in a fatal 2021 shooting that killed one man and ultimately ...

A bridge connect Rikers Island to the rest of New York Rikers ... Along with three other detention centres in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, the jail complex will be replaced by four new ...

Mayor Eric Adams told incoming border czar Tom Homan he wants to reopen the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on ...

Brooklyn and the Bronx represent ground zero in the war for life. They represent ground zero for the highest number of abortions in the U.S. New York’s Governor and Attorney General are ...

“We’re hoping this is a sign of hope for all the people in custody and their families that there can finally be change in Rikers Island and the city jails.” Lawyers for Rikers Island ...

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