The 10 inmates broke out of the New Orleans jail at about 1 a.m. on May 16. Nearly a day later, three had been recaptured.

Chaos Reigns Over NYC’s Rikers Island as Federal Judge Takes Control** In a shocking development that underscores the failures of progressive policies in America's largest cit ...

A federal judge took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.

Forever is Mara Brock Akil’s reimagining of the Judy Blume novel; Akil’s centers around two Black teens in Los Angeles.

A federal judge on Tuesday stripped New York City of its control over the Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be ...

The collective proposed a series of works for the controversial Borough-Based Jails project, which has received pushback from ...

A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

New York lawmakers heard from legal advocates during Wednesday's legislative hearing on safety and accountability for state ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has ...

On Tuesday, Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York Laura Taylor Swain, a Clinton appointee, in a 77-page ruling, ordered that the notorious jail, along with the city’s entire jail system, be ...

A federal judge has stripped New York City of control over its jails, citing years of violence and neglect at the notorious ...