On a normal Wednesday morning, a correction officer at Rikers Island was making his routine rounds when he felt what he later described as “sandpaper” scrape across his face. It was not sandpaper but ...

While running to be New York City’s next mayor, Zohran Mamdani pledged to shutter Rikers Island and shrink the city’s jail population. Now, as he prepares to take office in just over a month and a ...