Correction

Officials say a transgender woman who was found dead in a New York City jail died of natural causes due to a seizure related to epilepsy.

A transgender woman who died in Rikers had been hospitalized weeks before and suffered from a seizure disorder along with other health problems, and her family is calling for an investigation into her death

Real estate sales in Manhattan have been on a double-digit decline for four straight quarters, CNBC reported.

A man who had escaped a high-security detention center on Rikers Island, sparking a massive manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies, has been found, and officials say he never left the island.

A manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies is underway after a man escaped from a high-security detention center on Rikers Island, law enforcement sources told News 4 New York.

The head of New York City’s embattled Department of Correction announced plans to retire Friday, a day after NBC 4 New York reported he would step down amid a series of controversies, the latest of which involved alleged misuse of city resources.

The head of New York City’s embattled Department of Correction will resign amid a series of controversies, the latest of which involved alleged misuse of city resources, sources familiar with the situation tell NBC 4 New York.

Arkansas’ governor said Friday that he sees no reason for anything beyond a routine review of the state’s execution procedures after a condemned inmate lurched and convulsed 20 times during a lethal injection that involved a controversial sedative. Attorneys for Kenneth Williams called for a full investigation after Williams became the fourth convicted killer executed in Arkansas in eight days...

A report by a federal monitor overseeing reforms at the Rikers Island jail complex says guards continue to use excessive force at an “alarming rate.”

An Indiana woman whose feticide conviction for a self-induced abortion was overturned has been released from prison after a judge said she should be freed immediately. Indiana Department of Correction spokesman Doug Garrison says 35-year-old Purvi Patel was with relatives when she left the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis Thursday morning.