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Rikers Island

Mamdani watches World Cup with Rikers Island inmates

  • Jul 16

ThreeSixty by La La Anthony helps young men from jail to release

  • Dec 17, 2025

NY State Supreme Court blocks opening of ICE office at Rikers

  • Sep 9, 2025

Investigation underway after inmate dies in Rikers Island jail cell

  • Aug 23, 2025

Dreams deferred, not denied at Rikers Island graduation | Exclusive

  • Jul 11, 2025

2 men dead in NYC Correction Department custody identified

  • Jun 21, 2025

Inside Rikers: Exclusive look at flooding, sewage complaints

  • May 27, 2025

NYC loses control of Rikers Island, federal judge rules

  • May 14, 2025

Latest Videos

7:06

How a Rikers book club is giving incarcerated women a second chapter

  • 20 hours ago
0:49

Mamdani watches the World Cup with Rikers inmates

  • Jul 16
2:13

Rally at City Hall to protest Adams' plan to reopen ICE office at Rikers

  • Apr 10, 2025
3:28

Adams to allow ICE agents inside Rikers after border czar meeting

  • Feb 13, 2025
2:35

Community leaders angry, claiming city has not included them in discussion over new Chinatown jail

  • Jan 23, 2025
0:23

NYC court system unveils plan to speed up cases ahead of Rikers Island closure

  • Oct 12, 2024
0:28

Mayor Adams issues emergency order suspending part of solitary ban in jails

  • Jul 29, 2024
2:16

Mayor Adams names Lynelle Maginley-Liddie as new DOC commissioner

  • Dec 9, 2023

Latest Stories

Astoria pastry shop keeps tradition going with Pope Leo cookies

An Astoria, Queens, pastry shop that got international attention in 2024 when it distributed cookies to inmates at Rikers Island of Pope Francis, is keeping up the tradition with Pope Leo cookies.

  • May 9, 2025

Up Close 4/20/25: Council Speaker Adams on Trump administration's actions and its impact on New York

On this edition of Up Close, we get an inside look from New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on some of the impacts the Trump administration's actions are having on the city.

  • Apr 20, 2025

Rally held at City Hall against ICE office returning to Rikers Island

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams plans to sue the mayor for sanctuary law violations. She was joined at the rally by other council members, immigration advocates, and groups that have been pushing to close Rikers Island.

  • Apr 10, 2025

Adams administration establishes office for ICE agents inside Rikers Island

It's a move that critics say is a slippery slope to civil rights violations.

  • Apr 9, 2025

Community leaders angry, claiming city has not included them in discussion over new Chinatown jail

The glitzy glossy renderings of the mega jail are part of the city's plan to shut down Rikers Island, which caught community leaders off guard Wednesday night.

  • Jan 23, 2025