The Department of Correction came under fire Tuesday from a city oversight board for quietly creating a new high-security unit on Rikers Island that may violate a law limiting the use of solitary ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, causing injuries severe enough to require emergency surgery, according to ...

“Every day I’m at Rikers Island it’s a mystery to me how I’m still walking,” Weinstein told the court while seated in a wheelchair. “I’m asking and begging you, your honor, I can’t ...

"Every day I'm at Rikers Island it's a mystery to me how I'm still walking," Weinstein told the court while seated in a wheelchair. "I'm asking and begging you, your honor, I can't hold on anymore.

"Every day I'm at Rikers Island it's a mystery to me how I'm still walking," Weinstein told the court while seated in a wheelchair. "I'm asking and begging you, your honor, I can't hold on anymore.

Police officers initially seemed unprepared for the violence, without riot helmets or shields. Footage showed crowds of men – at least one identified by antifascists Red Flare as an alleged ...

Rhodes said. It was an extraordinary moment just days into Trump's new administration after the president granted clemency for the more than 1,500 people charged in the riot. At the same time ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Border Report) — Border crossers were surprised and peeved to see a cadre of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in riot gear marching in formation and temporarily ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Border Report) — Border crossers were surprised and peeved to see a cadre of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in riot gear marching in formation and temporarily closing ...