2023-0609: Stiff Prices, Unfulfilled Orders: How the Private Contractor Running Rikers Commissary...

...Serves Detainees. Through a no-bid contract, the Department of Correction turned over its commissary to a company persistently criticized for gouging the incarcerated. An investigation by THE CITY found that it’s charging more than allowed for scores of products.

A burglary suspect being held in a Rikers Island jail died early Tuesday of a possible overdose after complaining of chest pain and then...

Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council agreed to a “bittersweet” budget that restores funding for key services while cutting others. NY...

CBS NEW YORK -- There's a new program on Rikers Island aimed at transforming inmates' lives through sports. The Twinning Project has...