Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.

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

Stanley Richards came recommended by others to lead the city's Department of Corrections (DOC). He was once an inmate himself.

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Department of Correction Commissioner Stanely Richards, the first formerly incarcerated person in the role, sits down with PIX11 to discuss pushing forward on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ...

More than two years after city jail officials cut off nonprofit-led social services at Rikers Island, several organizations are set to return this month to provide new programming inside the troubled ...

Rikers Island's new remediation manager, who was named on Tuesday, will have authority even beyond that of the city’s correction commissioner to push forward reforms — in an appointment that marks one ...

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 ...

An NYPD 911 operator was dispatching drugs to Rikers Island as she fielded emergency calls — conspiring with her ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called to rebuild the Rikers Island jail complex, reversing his previous position to go forward with closing it entirely. Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former union boss who was once thought of as the king of New York City's jails may be headed to federal prison after a jury convicted him of corruption charges Wednesday. The ...

NEW YORK -- A captain who took control of a wild melee on Rikers Island caught on tape is leveling bombshell allegations against the Department of Correction. "It's been bothering me every day since ...

She’s not dashing to get out of Rikers. Accused serial dine-and-dash diva Pei Chung on Wednesday refused to leave her jail ...