Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city must develop a plan that implements a law banning prolonged solitary confinement in city ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, ...

The New York City mayor’s order to bring jails into compliance with BOC rules signals a new approach to one of the city’s ...

We will work closely with the federal monitor and the parties to put the City back on track to end solitary confinement as ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ordered city corrections officials to come up with a plan to bring NYC jails into compliance with a ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed two executive orders, including one that would stop solitary confinement at Rikers ...

The mayor renewed a Rikers emergency order, pledging to meet jail standards and move toward ending solitary confinement after years of delays.

A men's boutique, "Dressed for the Part," has been launched at Rikers Island prison that will help prisoners with business ...

The New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate on Rikers Island. First Deputy Mayor Randy ...

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed after ...