If I was keeping my end of the bargain, by being a good kid and a good student, then if I had extracurricular interests, my ...

Unlike his two predecessors, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has no hope of avoiding a hard time with the Rikers Island jails: He faces ...

This year, seven large illuminated menorahs and five inflatable menorahs stood across Rikers Island, visible as you approach ...

Mayor Mamdani is now running the city, but soon he and the Department of Correction will not be running Rikers Island, the ...

Rikers Island is in the spotlight after a guard's suspension following a detainee's death and a lawsuit over another ...

A vicious Long Island gang leader orchestrated deadly mayhem with the help of teen offenders – including ordering a 14-year-old boy to fatally shoot an ex-associate, prosecutors charged Thursday.

Nine members of the Lowndes Block Gang were rounded up and charged with various crimes, including murder and sex trafficking.

The gang held a Huntington Station neighborhood under siege for years by funding violence through prostitution and sex trafficking, prosecutors said.

Aramis Furse, 32, was found unresponsive in his jail cell in December. A federal monitor says guards routinely fail to tour ...

Alleged gang members who were hunting rivals and protecting territory for the better part of a decade are now involved in a major indictment.

A coalition of legal advocates called on lawmakers to defend a state law that prevents youth under 18 from being prosecuted ...