It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious lockup — situated like a 19th-century penal colony in the middle ...

Rikers was heavily criticized in the 1970s and ’80s for overpopulation, dangerous conditions and violence against incarcerated adolescents. Under then-New York City Mayor Ed Koch, the public began ...

A former assistant chief at New York’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office heralded Mayor Eric Adams’ vow to ...

Rikers Island is home to some of the most notorious and violent jails in the world. It is located in the East River in New York City. The majority of its detainees have not yet been convicted of a ...

New York City’s Rikers Island jail spirals into chaos amid pandemic New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has been troubled by years of neglect and now has spiraled into turmoil during ...

Mr. Reina, 56, is a cook on Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious 415-acre jail complex in Queens. He commutes two hours from Flatbush, Brooklyn, to prepare meals for the jail population and ...