State prison leader Daniel Martuscello "vowed" to ensure violence did not become normalized within the New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supe ...

A former corrections officer from Westchester County who admitted to smuggling drugs into Rikers Island in exchange for ...

Harvey Weinstein, 73, appeared in court in New York City on Wednesday as his lawyers argued for him to be moved from Rikers Island prison to a medical facility ...

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office hopes to use high-tech wristbands to more closely monitor the vital signs of ...

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are asking a judge to allow the ailing ex-studio boss to spend his nights at a New York City ...

Weinstein's lawyers filed a legal claim against the city in November, alleging he was receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions at Rikers. The claim, which seeks $5 million in ...

As nine jurors were picked on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial in New York, his ...

Nine jurors were picked Wednesday on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo rape retrial.

The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid ...

Members of the city council and activists are pushing back on criticism of the plan to close Rikers Island— and build four smaller jails. The project is billions ...

Inside his cell on Rikers Island, Brian Croskey spends hours every day drawing elaborate artwork to free his mind.