Ramel Powell, 38 – who was being held since July of 2023 in connection to a Manhattan attack from May of that year – died ...

A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in ...

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...

The reaction to the mayor’s deal with the Trump administration to re-open ICE immigration operations on Rikers Island has ...

New York City's Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday he will issue an executive order that will allow federal ...

The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

Faith Ringgold painted a vibrant mural at the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island. A few years later, it was ...

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided ...

Jail is a punishment, but being behind bars should never be a death sentence. A NYC jail is under investigation after a Black ...