The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that a former inmate adequately alleged that New York City maintained policies or practices that could result in excessive detention.

Nearly a dozen Big Apple jail guards, including a Rikers Island captain, pocketed more than $220,000 in salary and overtime when they weren’t even on the job, Bronx prosecutors said as the officers ...

New York City’s embattled jail system saw a whopping 76% spike in penalties handed out to inmates for fights and assaults, new data shows. Arrests in jail also soared as a federal court-appointed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A New York City corrections officer admitted in federal court Thursday to using forged military documents to fraudulently collect ...

Attorney Who Was Cleared of Drug Smuggling Allegations Files Defamation Lawsuit Against NYC, Corrections Officers' Union Former Queens Defenders attorney Bernardo Caceres, who was falsely accused of ...

A New York City corrections officer who failed a drug test after eating a poppy seed bagel for breakfast has won his job back. Officer Eleazar Paz was reinstated to his post on Christmas Eve, almost ...