Rikers Island

Commentary October 22, 2017

Bad Bail Practices and Immigration Policy Led To My Client’s Death At Rikers

Selmin Feratovic might be alive today if not for our deeply broken system.

By Anisha Gupta

News October 17, 2016

Kalief’s Mother on Her Torment “I miss my son. I miss him so much.”

By The Marshall Project

Commentary June 5, 2016

Forget Closing Rikers

That’s not happening. Instead, why not make it a model?

By Susan Stellin

Q&A February 17, 2016

What Kalief Browder’s Mother Thinks Should Happen to Rikers

‘There was nothing I could do with him being in there.’

By Alysia Santo

Life Inside November 25, 2015

A Rikers Thanksgiving

Cooking turkeys, building resumes.

By Maurice Chammah

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

What You're Saying July 24, 2015

‘Children Do Not Have the Same Capacity as Adults to Control Their Reactions.’

A selection of recent letters from our readers.

By Jasmine Lee

Commentary July 17, 2015

Mayor de Blasio: Tear Down This Jail!

Want to fix Rikers? Close it.

By Neil Barsky

News July 8, 2015

Stung by Abuses at Rikers, New York City Acts on Bail Reform

But the new program would not have helped Kalief Browder.

By Alysia Santo

Feature June 28, 2015

This is Rikers

From the people who live and work there.

By The Marshall Project

Commentary June 28, 2015

Join Our Facebook Chat On Rikers Island

Bill Keller, Dana Goldstein, Alysia Santo and Eli Hager will answer your questions on what life is like on Rikers, and recent reform efforts.

By Blair Hickman

Commentary June 22, 2015

Kalief Browder was a Good Kid. Should That Matter?

The not-so-nice kids don’t deserve to be brutalized, either.

By Nell Bernstein

Commentary June 19, 2015

Why Carlos Montero Has Been in Rikers for Seven Years Without Trial

Blame the judge, lawyers, and DNA.

By Andrew Cohen

Q&A June 16, 2015

The Corizon CEO on Losing Its Contract With Rikers

"You win some, you lose some."

By Maura Ewing

News June 11, 2015

Why New York Dropped Corizon

It’s not just the big profits and dead inmates.

By Maura Ewing

News June 9, 2015

No Bail, Less Hope: The Death of Kalief Browder

A system that kept a teenager in Rikers for three years.

By Alysia Santo

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

News June 2, 2015

Who Runs Rikers?

The rule says no solitary for kids. The staff finds a loophole.

By Alysia Santo

Feature March 18, 2015

Where Law and Order Meets Paranoid and Schizophrenic

Three days in Room 19E2, Bellevue Hospital.

By Alysia Santo

News January 14, 2015

NYC Declares an End to Solitary for Inmates Under 21

Now comes the hard part.

By Clare Sestanovich

News December 19, 2014

Havana vs. Rikers Island

Where would you rather do time?

By Clare Sestanovich