Rikers Island detainee Charizma Jones, who died in July of a horrific skin condition, had a history of mental illness but was ...

Councilmember Sandy Nurse said she was assaulted by a person in custody during a visit to Rikers Island Tuesday morning — and ...

Multiple city agencies failed to help a man suffering from a mental health crisis in the lead up to his death on Rikers ...

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

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

“What this woman did makes it more difficult for the real victims of sexual violence in Rikers Island and the jail system — whether they be inmates or they be female corrections officers who ...

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

Harvey Weinstein, the once-powerful Hollywood producer, has been diagnosed with bone cancer while serving time at Rikers Island, a jail in New York. Despite his health issues, Weinstein is actively ...

Video: Moment sneaky woman 'smuggles drugs to an inmate in NYC's notorious Rikers Island prison by hiding the contraband in her child's diaper' A prison inmate at Rikers Island was caught on ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday directed New York City officials to begin developing a plan for a possible federal takeover of Rikers Island ... handing the jail system over ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...