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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

The impending reforms come amid heightened scrutiny of Rikers, a 10-facility jail complex on a 400-acre island near LaGuardia Airport that holds the vast majority of the roughly 11,500 daily ...

How the program operates The Rikers Island Doula Program represents a collaborative effort between the Caribbean Women’s Health Association and New York City’s Department of Corrections.

The Rikers Island Doula Program, a partnership between the Caribbean Women’s Health Association and NYC’s Department of Corrections, offers prenatal and postpartum support to incarcerated ...