Hell Gate is owned & run by journalists covering NYC.
We're shocked!
Twenty-five people died by suicide in state prisons in 2024, the highest number since at least 2000—and the rate was seven times higher in prison isolation units, according to a new report.
Liar, grifter, political showman, mirror to some of our political contradictions—I cannot get enough.
Rabbi Chanina Sperlin saw a different man running from the scene of the murder in 1979, but he won't come to court to tell a judge that now.
Sierra Johnson is one of nearly 1,600 women who filed claims under the Adult Survivors Act alleging sexual abuse in state prisons.
Officials announced the barge would finally be moved from Hunts Point in a press conference Monday.
Department of Correction employees' workers’ compensation claims jumped 337 percent between 2015 and 2024.
Since 2022, at least 38 people have died either while being held at NYC jails or soon after being released.
The 32-year-old man had not been arraigned for three days after his arrest.
The state's prison agency has censored lawsuits, emails, and Hell Gate stories during the three-week-long wildcat strike.
Governor Kathy Hochul and prosecutors say they want to tweak reforms made five years ago. A close reading of their proposals reveals their effort to gut the legislation known as "Kalief's Law."
In a memo to the incarcerated population, the acting head of the state's prison system urged them to "use this time productively."
"It happened because correction officers have been held accountable for their actions, and they feel threatened because they can be prosecuted for killing an incarcerated individual."