Rikers Island

The list of issues at Rikers is long and jaw-dropping — violence, trash piled up, human waste coating the floors, and at the top of the list: staffing

A day after Mayor de Blasio announced an emergency plan to improve conditions at Rikers Island, protesters called for the jail to be closed entirely.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an emergency response to the facility, which includes sending in NYPD officers as well as expediting certain procedures

Mayor de Blasio announced a plan to improve conditions at Rikers Island. Andrew Siff reports.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 24-year-old inmate in his cell at Rikers Island

The news comes after the 9th inmate has died in 2021.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 25-year-old inmate in his cell at Rikers Island

In-person visits at New York City jails are resuming after being suspended at the start of the coronavirus crisis

Nine current and former New York City Department of Correction workers were arrested Wednesday on charges alleging they took cash bribes to smuggle items including razor blades, drugs and alcohol into city jails in the last two years.

The murder suspect accidentally released from Rikers, where he was awaiting trial, has finally been recaptured more than a month later, officials said Friday. Christopher Buggs, 26, was apprehended by the Department of Correction’s Correction Intelligence Bureau and the U.S. Marshal’s Regional Fugitive Task Force, DOC Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Peter Thorne said in a statement. “We hope...

An Army National Guard soldier who works as a jail guard in New York City was arrested in Texas on charges that he lied about his military service to get extra government benefits, authorities announced Wednesday. Shawn Pierre Hobbs, 34, was arrested Monday on wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges lodged in Manhattan federal court. The wire fraud charges…

The city is promising to hire hundreds of new correction officers after the I-Team’s Sarah Wallace reported on current officers regularly being required to work triple shifts, often 24 hours straight with few to no breaks and little to no access to food or drinks.

Officers on Rikers Island are lodging complaints after being made to work triple tours — 24 straight hours without a break — with no access to food or water. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

A new report alleging a city contractor wrongfully recorded phone calls between inmates in New York City jails and their legal representatives has prompted an investigation by city officials. Securus Technologies, the communications firm contracted by the city to operate the phone systems in jail, has acknowledged it recorded private phone calls between inmates and their legal advisers. The processing…

A man accused of attempted murder was mistakenly released from Rikers Island Monday due to a clerical error — the second time in the span of a week that a suspected violent criminal had been accidentally freed.

Just a week after a man was mistakenly released from Rikers Island due to clerical error, it happened again.

A man in jail on murder charges was mistakenly released from Rikers Island. Chris Glorioso reports on why that happened.

The drug trafficking ring stretched from New York to Maine, and the Bully Gang has been connected to a string of armed robberies in Manhattan. The officers were accused of accepting bribes to smuggle in comic books and court papers soaked in K2.

In a third round of arrests since June of last year, ten more members and associates of the Bully Gang, including both a current and a former New York City correction officer, were arrested early Thursday by federal and city investigators, prosecutors said. Johnny Chiles, the current Department of Correction officer, and former DOC officer Darius Murphy were both arrested…

Correction officers on Rikers Island say they’re on the verge of mental breakdowns – and now politicians are responding. Sarah Wallace reports.