The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

If a federal judge follows through with her threat to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, she should make sure ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, ...

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...

The mother of a New York City correction officer exclusively spoke to Eyewitness News to plead for help finding the killer who shot her son five years ago.

“There were so many people suffering at Rikers Island, so many people I am with in prison that are going through similar ...

As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...

Harvey Weinstein, 72, is ‘begging’ a New York City judge for an earlier trial after the date was set for April 2025 and calls ...

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 ...

Al Booker, 41, has managed to rack up more than 40 arrests -- mostly for burglary and criminal mischief -- in a Manhattan ...

The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...