NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani appoints ex-con Stanley Richards as DOC Commissioner, marking a historic shift alongside federal ...

New York City has reached a settlement with the family of Eric Garner for $5.9 million, almost a year after the 43-year-old died in police custody.

More than two years after city jail officials cut off nonprofit-led social services at Rikers Island, several organizations ...

Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.

Stanley Richards is taking over as correction commissioner at an inflection point for the city’s jails. Mayor Zohran Mamdani ...

Former Vermont DOC Commissioner to take control of Rikers Island ...

Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain handing control of Rikers Island to her appointee Nicholas Deml must be respected by Mayor Mamdani and his Department of Correction. Deml, backed up by ...

POLICE ARE WORKING to “bring closure” to the parents of missing Long Island boy Thomas Medlin, age 15, after reviewing security footage.

Nicholas Deml, former Vermont corrections chief, has been appointed as federal overseer of NYC's Rikers Island jail complex.

Caged in a cell, Jerad Traylor struggled to breathe and cried out for help, pleading that he felt like he was dying. And it turned out his feelings of despair were exactly right. Four days after his ...