(The Center Square) — Federal immigration officials will have a permanent office on New York City's notorious Rikers Island prison under a directive from the Adams administration, which says the move ...

Federal immigration officials had been barred from the New York City jail complex. The mayor says they can return, but only ...

In the early 1800s, Richard Riker, a descendant of the family who owned Rikers Island, participated in a kidnapping ring for decades that sent African Americans into slavery. Riker used his power as a ...

A report by the Lippman Independent Commission challenges the city’s acquiescence toward failing to replace the existing dilapidated jails.

The New York City ... He had been at Rikers since July. The Legal Aid Society is calling his death "a stark reminder of the ongoing human rights crisis unfolding at Rikers Island, which houses ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams ' administration is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at Rikers Island to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations in the city's largest ...

The Adams administration is making good on a promise to allow federal immigration agents to open an office on Rikers Island.