The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

If a federal judge follows through with her threat to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, she should make sure ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, ...

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...

As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...

Harvey Weinstein begged to go on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn't sure he will survive long enough in the "hell ...

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein begged a Manhattan judge Wednesday to expedite his rape and sexual assault retrial ...

Rikers was heavily criticized in the 1970s and ’80s for overpopulation, dangerous conditions and violence against incarcerated adolescents. Under then-New York City Mayor Ed Koch, the public began ...

Weinstein was quick to call out Rikers Island, where he is in custody, saying he wasn't sure he would live until the spring while inside the "hell hole" jail complex, which sits near LaGuardia Airport ...

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

Harvey Weinstein urged a New York judge on Wednesday to move up his April sexual assault retrial amid continued health issues and "medieval" conditions at New York City's Rikers Island. The ...