President Trump has ordered that federal agencies cut off funding to jurisdictions which refuse to actively assist with ...

A Washington lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prevent an inmate convicted of a physical or sexual assault from being housed in a cell with another ...

The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...

I had tried to communicate multiple times in the last few months via email my concerns about the too many cases of medical ...

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...