Zohran Mamdani’s executive order to curb solitary confinement at NYC Rikers Island
Mayor Zohran Mamdani put New York City’s troubled jail system on the clock to end solitary confinement — …
14th inmate this year dies at NYC’s Rikers Island: ‘Utterly failing’
A 32-year-old Rikers Island inmate died behind bars early Sunday — the 14th in-custody death at the Big…
Convicted kidnapper, killer of Brooklyn boy, 8, dies in prison
NEW YORK (PIX11) — The man convicted of kidnapping and brutally killing an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy more than…
Soft-on-crime ex-NYC and Maryland jail honcho helping Mamdani reshape services for criminals
The ex-NYC jails boss who oversaw a huge surge of violence on Rikers Island is helping Mayor-elect Zohran…
Parents incarcerated on Rikers reunite with their children at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum • Brooklyn Paper
Once a month, when the Brooklyn Children’s Museum is closed to the public, it welcomes a special group…
Exclusive | City plumber, correction staffers top list of NYC overtime hogs
This amount of overtime is criminal. NYC Correction Department supervisors, guards and other staffers pocketed an eye-popping $363…
NYC’s jails mess should prompt the feds to END the ‘Close Rikers’ farce
A new watchdog report on Rikers Island details new medical and safety horrors besetting detainees at the sprawling…