The one-of-a-kind siddur features bright colors, bold text and an amalgam of Hebrew, English, Russian and Ladino prayers, as ...

So when it came time to name the jail’s new siddur — perhaps the first ever Jewish prayer book compiled expressly for use in ...

A suit accuses New York State’s mental health system of delaying treatment to restore people to competency, leaving them to ...

The judicial appointment of an outside authority to temporarily run Rikers Island offers a rare opportunity to transform one ...

The city is piloting a program that gives Rikers Island detainees municipal IDs in the hopes that it eases their transition ...

The city's latest budget includes funds to grow the number of apartments in the Justice-Involved Supportive Housing program ...

As extreme heat ravages New York City this summer, the lives of thousands detained on Rikers Island hang in the balance. Last ...

The state consistently violates judicial orders by leaving detainees in need of psychiatric treatment ahead of their trial ...

Bitcoin torture suspect John Woeltz was freed on $1 million bond after two months in custody for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian crypto trader.

A person who is unhoused before incarceration is no less vulnerable after release. But our current policy treats time in jail ...

A teenager accused of repeatedly taking city subway trains on high-speed joyrides will have to spend more than a month on ...

Hundreds of mentally ill people are routinely trapped on Rikers Island for months at a time without court-ordered treatment ...