A judge may order a federal takeover of Rikers Island due to persistent violence and unmet reform requirements.

A Correction captain on Rikers Island who cost the city $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim has been named in yet ...

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

A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a ...

A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...

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

NEW YORK -- A judge on Wednesday found New York City in contempt for failing to staunch violence and brutality at its jails, ...

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

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

Awaiting a new New York trial next year on more sex crimes charges, Harvey Weinstein seems to be wishing he was spending ...