By: Ayanna Harry via PIX11 NEW YORK (PIX11) — A judge stopped short of ordering a federal takeover of Rikers Island after a court hearing Thursday afternoon.

By: Alexander Lekhtman via Filter Magazine The political and legal battle over the future of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has reignited after

By: Beth Schwartzapfel via The Marshall Project Last month, a federal judge overseeing a court settlement seeking to make New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jails safer signaled

By: Margaret Kimberely via Black Agenda Radio Melanie Dominguez is the lead organizer for the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice. She joins us to

By: gabriel sayegh via City & State On Sunday, another man incarcerated at the Rikers Island jail complex died. Curtis Davis was at least the 26th person

By News 12 Staff via News12 The New York City Department of Correction announced another death at Rikers Island, marking the sixth incarcerated individual to die in

By News 12 Staff via News12 An inmate at Rikers Island died Sunday morning, marking the sixth death at a New York City jail since this

By: Sonia Rincon via ABC7NY NEW YORK (WABC) — Is the federal takeover of New York City’s troubled Rikers Island jail imminent? Many signs are pointing

By: Matt Troutman via Patch NEW YORK CITY — Protesters drowned out and visibly flustered Mayor Eric Adams with chants of “shut down Rikers” during