The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, ...

The officials, Russell Hott and Peter Berg, were recently cut from ICE’s enforcement division amid increasing pressure from ...

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...

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

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 ...

The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...

New video evidence has reinvigorated the search for the murderer of John Jeff, an off-duty NYC correction officer shot in 2020, with a $30,000 reward for information.

A gaunt-looking Harvey Weinstein pleaded with the judge in his criminal retrial to move the start date forward because he ...

Harvey Weinstein urged a New York judge on Wednesday to move up his April sexual assault retrial amid continued health issues and "medieval" conditions at New York City's Rikers Island.

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. Former HFZ Capital exec Nir Meir was denied a significant bail reduction and will remain in Rikers Island jail unless he can pay $5 million cash or $7.5 ...