The Department of Correction came under fire Tuesday from a city oversight board for quietly creating a new high-security unit on Rikers Island that may violate a law limiting the use of solitary ...

“We talked about getting a presence in Rikers Island, we talked about how we can collaborate on public safety threats,” Homan said Sunday. The DOJ recently ordered federal prosecutors to drop ...

“We are now working on implementing an executive order that will reestablish the ability for ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island — as was the case for 20 years,” he continued. The ICE ...

The city's most famous jail, Rikers Island, will now host ICE agents who can collaborate with NYPD to identify dangerous criminals, the pair announced. 'As I sat down with Tom earlier ...

Over time, women were transferred from the original women's detention hall on Rikers Island. “They didn't move the painting, they just moved the women,” says Barbara Drummond, a former guard ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he’ll allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city’s Rikers Island jail following a meeting Thursday with President Donald Trump’s border czar.