Stanley Richards knows how bleak life can be at Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious jail complex. Now, he runs the place as the city's new Department of Correction commissioner. In January, Mayor ...
As New York City barrels toward a legally mandated shutdown of Rikers Island after years of delays and fierce opposition, the Mamdani administration has tapped a key architect and booster of the ...
New York City’s new correction commissioner, Stanley Richards, once served more than two years at the notorious Rikers Island jail before dedicating his career to helping inmates turnaround their ...
Housing court cases in New York rarely end with a ride to Rikers Island, but that is exactly what happened to Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement President and CEO Malcolm Punter last week.
Harvey Weinstein is opening up about life at Rikers Island. In his first major sit-down since being transferred to the maximum-security prison in New York six years ago, the disgraced film producer, ...
La La Anthony opens up about the impact of her prison reform initiative, the ThreeSixty Program, at New York City's notorious Rikers Island. Despite her packed Hollywood schedule, La La Anthony has ...
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has shared a window into his experience at the infamous Rikers Island prison in New York City. Weinstein, 73, was transferred to the New York ...
WUFT: New York City mayor celebrates Ramadan with inmates at Rikers Island
For the first time in the city's history, New York's top leader celebrated Ramadan with Muslim men at Rikers Island, New York City's massive jail complex. Zohran Mamdani is the city's first Muslim ...