An accused sex offender grabbed the rear end of City Council Member Sandy Nurse Tuesday morning during a surprise visit by ...

City detainees with so-called 730 designations wait an average of 76 days for a bed in facilities like Kirby Forensic ...

A locked-up sex offender groped New York City Councilwoman Sandy Nurse during a Tuesday morning tour of Rikers Island, The ...

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who is currently in prison, reportedly faces a new challenge with a cancer diagnosis.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— When asked on the witness stand Friday about the meaning of his nickname on Rikers Island, 32-year-old ...

Four City Council members have decried a practice by city jails of locking severely mentally ill people in their cells for ...

The Internet believes karma has done its job after disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein was diagnosed with a form of leukemia.

A correction officer was allegedly slashed in the head by a gangbanger during a fight inside troubled Rikers Island on ...

Weinstein is currently undergoing treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of bone marrow cancer, while in prison at ...

Curtis Davis hanged himself, according to the medical examiner, but a new lawsuit alleges negligence by guards and says ...

A former Rikers Island correctional officer was cuffed by federal authorities last week after prosecutors said she smuggled ...

NEW YORK — The first time I heard about Hart Island, I couldn’t believe it. There’s a 150-year-old mass grave on an island in ...