A Rikers Island detainee who died in February had 121 pills and multiple synthetic drugs in his cell, according to a new city ...

The jail barge, officially called the Vernon C. Bain Center, was a relic of the crack cocaine era. It was notorious even ...

As of Nov. 3, the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center in Hunts Point — better known as the Rikers Island jail barge — is gone ...

The Board of Correction reported that, in some of the cases, medical staff were not immediately notified, cell doors were not secure, officers inexplicably wandered off post or did not conduct ...

The notorious floating jail complex off Rikers Island known as “The Boat” is being moved south to be turned into scrap metal.

As early voting begins in New York City’s mayoral election, the race comes down to this: whether voters want law and order in ...

For three decades, the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center was moored to the banks of Hunts Point, serving as an overflow facility for Rikers Island.

The baking soda's owner laughed and told a state trooper to try it, but the trooper seized the substance and later charged ...

Cuomo had recently called for the jail to be shut down, and his chief rivals in the race wasted no time criticizing his ...

There is little in common among the three candidates for mayor, and their views on the future of Rikers Island are no exception.The jail complex is legally obligated to close ...

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 ...

"The next mayor’s commitment to public safety shouldn’t be measured by how many people they jail, but by how they prevent ...