It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious ...

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 ...

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

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

With every contract City Hall signs for new jails to replace Rikers, the completion date gets further and further away.

A Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever died after jail staff repeatedly blocked medical workers from treating her, according to advocates and records. Charizma Jones, 23, died last ...

The recent death of Charizma Jones at Rikers Island has intensified scrutiny of New York‘s troubled jail system ... six times before her death. Fellow inmates attempted to provide basic care ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

“Rikers Island is less safe, for inmates and officers alike ... which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. She is scheduled to be ...