Tag: Rikers Island

Shuttering New York's Rikers Island complex will be no small task, but the city's mayor unveiled plans Thursday to make ...

New York has signed into law raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18, leaving just one state -- North ...

New York's mayor pledged Friday to shut down the notorious Rikers Island prison, the city's main jail complex, in a ...

Sharon Jones, the singer who spearheaded a soul revival movement with her band the Dap-Kings, has died at the age ...

Celebrated American rapper, Lil Wayne, considered being a gospel rapper after serving his 8-month prison sentence at Rikers Island. The ...