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

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

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

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

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

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, joined by fellow councilmembers and mental health advocates, celebrated on Monday the ...

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

Eventually, I was able to get B. transferred to the PACE unit, which offers the highest level of mental health care on Rikers. He was terrified when he came in, asking me frantically if a tag ...

Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...

Judge appoints remediation manager to run NYC's Rikers Island jail complex After years of litigation, a federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to run Rikers Island and report directly ...