For a few moments, they sat in stunned silence. Then, they were full of questions. A select group of ministers and faith-based activists gathered in a screening room at the Brooklyn Academy of Music ...

Last month, a federal monitor overseeing the city’s Department of Correction said the agency remains mired in the same dysfunction that prompted a court’s intervention nearly a decade ago. “The reform ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and rebuild on ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system. The city is ...

A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment of an independent manager to fix rampant violence and persistent ...

Stanley Richards, the new DOC commissioner, sat down with the Eagle to discuss the critical moment the city, the DOC and its ...