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 ...

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 ...

A Rikers Island inmate has been indicted on multiple charges, including arson and assault, after allegedly starting a fire in his cell and ...

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

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

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 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 ...

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.

He was incarcerated on Rikers Island when he was 16 and returned when he was 19. Guzman discusses the conditions inside the New York City jail complex. He mentions corrupt guards, gang-controlled ...

“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 ...