New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become ...

In a life already marked by controversy and conviction, Harvey Weinstein appears to be facing yet another predicament: bone marrow cancer. The 72-year-old former film producer, now inmate, has ...

A Manhattan judge struck down Mayor Eric Adams' executive order to reopen an ICE office on Rikers Island. Christopher Sadowski “Null and void,” Judge Mary Rosado lawlessly declared of Mayor Adams’ ...

Brooklyn rapper 22Gz allegedly endured a brutal beating at Rikers Island following his arrest, though the reports remain unverified. Brooklyn drill rapper 22Gz allegedly faced violence behind bars ...

Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing and a possible retrial in his New York City sex crimes case, but it's still unclear when they’ll happen — and whether the former movie mogul will end up in front of ...

A major setback for Mayor Eric Adams came Monday when a judge blocked the reopening of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Rikers Island. New York State Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado ...

A lawsuit claims that two areas in the New York City jail are designed so that detainees are effectively in solitary confinement, in violation of state law. By Hurubie Meko Since January, Jerry Young ...

The family of a Bronx man who hanged himself at Rikers Island the day after he was arraigned for shooting to death the superintendent of his building have filed a legal motion to force the city to ...

New York City lawmakers are set to vote Wednesday on several bills aimed at improving conditions for people in custody and laying more groundwork for the eventual closure of the Rikers Island jails.

Bobby Shmurda is giving fans an unfiltered look at his time inside Rikers Island, one of the most notorious jails in the United States. In a recent sit-down with Ian Bick on Locked In, the Brooklyn ...