Locked Up

NYC Jails Watchdog Bucks Mayor Adams…For Now

NYC Jails Commissioner Revoked Watchdog’s Camera Access for Making His Department Look Bad

Prakash Churaman, Locked Up for Years on Charges the Queens DA Has Since Dropped, Sues NYC For $25 Million

Why Is the Head of NYC Jails Endorsing a Debunked Fentanyl ‘Myth’?

Erick Tavira Went to the Hospital Seeking Treatment. Instead He Died on Rikers Island

For the 17th person to die in NYC jails last year, a plea for medical help was answered with a fateful arrest.

The Queens District Attorney’s Office Has an Exonerating Evidence Problem

NYC Will Pay Millions for Locking Up People Who Had Already Paid Bail, But It’s Still Doing That

Incarcerated Women Wonder When Governor Hochul Will Actually Start Using Her ‘Overhauled’ Pardon System

Why 18 Deaths in Custody This Year Isn’t Enough to Take Control of Jails Away From NYC

Two Brothers on Rikers. One Died Monday. Now His Family Says They’ve Been Banned from Visiting the Survivor

NYPD is Illegally Sending People to Rikers Without Ever Seeing a Judge, Lawsuit Claims