Former HFZ Capital exec Nir Meir was denied a significant bail reduction and will remain in Rikers Island jail unless he can ...

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

The jury found Captain Terry Henry not guilty of reckless endangerment and official misconduct but Officer Kenneth Hood ...

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

Struggle Jennings is celebrating the release of 'Live From Rikers Island' out TODAY! This exceptional live performance and conversation for Rikers Island, New York inmates was recorded on October ...

With only two and a half years to go before the legally-binding deadline to close Rikers Island, the city this week moved forward with the final of its four contracts for the construction of the ...

Those who walked out of prison included Enrique Tarrio, the pardoned former chairman of the far-right Proud Boys group who was sentenced to 22 years, and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes ...

About 20 people jailed for violent and non-violent offenses are expected to be released from the jail. A few inmates had been released from the D.C. jail in Southeast by midday Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who had been serving prison sentences for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were freed on Tuesday ...

But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison. The population here reflects the aging society outside, and the pervasive problem of loneliness that guards say is so ...

Sorokin agreed with Hebert’s assessment and sentenced the 63-year-old disbarred lawyer to 33 months in federal prison. “There is no justification or excuse for what you have done,” Sorokin said.

New York’s Department of Corrections has opened a wellness center for guards on Rikers ... jail and the meditation room helps to calm him both after his two-hour commute from Long Island ...