A federal judge found New York City in contempt for its failure to stem violence at its notorious Rikers Island prison ...

A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal ...

Weinstein, who is serving time at Rikers after he was convicted of sexual assault and rape, is requesting $5 million in ...

US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” ...

A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the ...

A federal judge held New York City in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to improve conditions at Rikers and other jails ...

A U.S. judge is considering federal control of Rikers Island due to escalating violence and failure of New York City to meet court mandates. The city's Department of Correction is in contempt for not ...

In a legal notice, Weinstein’s attorney likened Rikers, a notoriously dangerous jail, to a “gulag” and accused officials of ...

NEW YORK CITY — New York City was found in civil contempt by a judge on Wednesday over the conditions on Rikers Island, ...

A Florida golfer has died after he was beaten with his own clubs and choked in what police believe was a random attack by a man with a history of violence whose family had just kicked him out of their ...

While plans are on track to close Rikers Island by 2027, a federal judge ordered the city to submit proposals for structural ...

The Prospect Park Alliance estimates the cost to restore the burnt out section of the park could reach $275,000.