A Manhattan federal judge last week said she may appoint a receiver to oversee conditions at Rikers Island after ruling that ...

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

A longtime Rikers Island correction officer needed six stitches ... The officer said, referring to pepper spray the guards carry. There was blood gushing down the officer’s face as she grabbed ...

A federal judge has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand over management of its Rikers Island jail complex to a third ...

The judge, Laura Taylor Swain, set a Jan. 14 deadline for the city and lawyers representing detainees to present a plan for a receivership. Adams said Tuesday that he would obey the judge’s ruling but ...

The lawsuit charges that Mayor Eric Adams exceeded his authority when he declared a state of emergency to block a ban on the ...

Harvey Weinstein has been transferred back to Bellevue Hospital, as his attorneys allege he is facing inhumane treatment at ...

"The culture of brutality on Rikers Island has resisted judicial and political ... of active resistance by city officials and prison guard unions to efforts to clean up the island jail.