Too little too late. A frustrated city lawmaker on Wednesday called to reopen a long-shuttered federal immigration outpost at ...

A Correction captain on Rikers Island who cost the city $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim has been named in yet ...

A judge may order a federal takeover of Rikers Island due to persistent violence and unmet reform requirements.

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a ...

New York City was found in contempt Wednesday over “grave” conditions at Rikers Island — as a judge said she was “inclined” to order a federal takeover of the ...

A federal judge said that she was leaning toward taking the extreme measure of stripping the city of its control of Rikers ...

The judge found that conditions have only continued to worsen at the jail complex, setting up a potential federal takeover.

Awaiting a new New York trial next year on additional sex crimes charges, Harvey Weinstein seems to be wishing he was ...

NYC's Rikers Island mail ban proposal is questioned due to high rates of false positives in fentanyl field tests, where only ...

A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...