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The entrance to a New York correctional facility, with the sign “Vernon C. Bain Center” on a tall wired fence with barbed wires.
Life Inside November 4, 2022
When It Comes to Voting in Jail, the Devil Is in the Details
Most people in New York City jails are eligible to vote. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy for them to register or cast their absentee ballots. That’s where volunteers come in.
By Alexandra Arriaga
A magazine called News Inside set against a grainy grey backdrop. The cover says "How the Newest Federal Prison Became One of the Deadliest and there is a photo of a federal prison. Light refracted through prison bars shines onto the magazine.
News Inside July 28, 2022
Banned Behind Bars
Issue 11 of News Inside delves into topics that would normally get a publication barred from prisons and jails
By Lawrence Bartley
As part of the settlement of Nuñez v. City of New York, a 2011 class-action lawsuit filed by Rikers Island detainees, federal monitors periodically report on use of force across the jail complex. This image from the Eleventh Report shows at least 12 officers in a recreational area responding to two detainees who refused to be handcuffed.
Life Inside October 5, 2021
Dispatch From Deadly Rikers Island: “It Looks Like a Slave Ship in There.”
Rikers Island has been notorious for violence and neglect for decades. But detainees, corrections officers and officials tell us the New York City jail complex has plunged into a new state of emergency.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Feature March 22, 2019
Inside the Battle to Close Rikers
Can New York City build its way out of mass incarceration?
By Maurice Chammah
News April 11, 2016
The State That is Taking on the Prison Guards Union
For decades, New York state’s corrections officers union has held the power in disciplinary decisions.
By Michael Winerip, Michael Schwirtz and Tom Robbins
Southport Correctional Facility, in the Southern Tier of New York State, was cited in more lawsuits since 2010 than any state prison except for Attica Correctional Facility.
News December 20, 2015
Spotting the ‘Red Flags’ of Abusive Prison Guards
Under pressure, New York says it will better track correctional officers
By Tom Robbins
News October 20, 2015
New York City Jail Guards Are Fighting to Keep Their Records Secret
Amid abuse charges, union acts to ‘protect our officers.’
By Alysia Santo
Commentary October 5, 2015
How to Deal with Prison Brutality
It’s time to take these cases away from local prosecutors.
By Eliot Spitzer
Commentary June 9, 2015
Fixing the Jail Where Kalief Browder was Held
Former corrections chief Martin Horn has some ideas for Rikers Island.
By Martin F. Horn
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