In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...

For his service to people on Rikers Island, Officer J. Martin of the city Department of Correction was recognized for Martin ...

The monitor appointed by a judge to track violence in the city’s notorious jail complex said in a highly-anticipated report ...

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

A new report from the Legal Aid Society this week details the failures of local and state governments to decarcerate its ...

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 ...

Gazette staff from wire reports ...

Weinstein pushed at a court hearing for an earlier trial date, citing his health. "I can’t hold on anymore," he said.

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein begged a judge Wednesday to hold his #MeToo retrial as soon as possible, telling him “I ...

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

Harvey Weinstein said he was "begging the court" on Wednesday to move up his April 15 trial date because the disgraced movie mogul isn't sure he can survive till then in New York City's Rikers Island ...