STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Four former high-ranking NYPD officials allege in a series of lawsuits that Mayor Eric Adams and his ...

"For years, the New York City Department of Correction has failed to follow federal court orders to enact meaningful reforms, allowing violence, disorder, and systemic dysfunction to persist in ...

NEW YORK — A Department of Correction detainee died Monday, after he attempted to take his own life last week, a source told NY1. According to the source, 58-year-old Anthony Scott had been on ...

The four ex-chiefs allege Adams allowed ex-Police Commissioner Edward Caban, ex-Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey and other ...

The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the ...

In May 2023, after a spike in deaths on Rikers Island, city jail officials suddenly stopped notifying the media shortly after ...

A New York State Supreme Court judge has granted a temporary restraining order preventing the NYPD from firing nearly three dozen police officers, according to the Police Benevolent Association (PBA).

An Arkansas legislative committee is set to hear from the Department of Corrections and other officials on Thursday to investigate a prison escape that occurred in May.

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The Civilian Complaint Review Board sent a letter to the NYPD asking the department to fire Lt. Jonathan Rivera.