She’s not dashing to get out of Rikers. Accused serial dine-and-dash diva Pei Chung on Wednesday refused to leave her jail ...

It amazes me that dine-and-dash diva Pei Chung, whose crimes are all nonviolent and pertain to her skipping out on the dinner ...

In October 2024, a Rikers Island social worker came forward with a bombshell accusation: officers were routinely isolating ...

It’s been more than a year since the shooting death of Lionardo Hernandez Zarata at his out-of-control birthday party in the ...

Lawmakers pushed the head of New York State’s child welfare agency on her plans to improve conditions in a public hearing Thursday.

An NYPD 911 operator was dispatching drugs to Rikers Island as she fielded emergency calls — conspiring with her ...

A federal judge has selected Nicholas Deml, the former head of Vermont’s prison system, to take control of Rikers Island. Deml, who is also a former C.I.A. officer, has been named the new “Nunez ...

Stanley Richards, the new DOC commissioner, sat down with the Eagle to discuss the critical moment the city, the DOC and its jails are in, as well as his philosophical approach to leading the ...

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 ...