A search in a Rikers Island jail uncovered a large cache of narcotics, including cocaine, K2 and marijuana in vacuum sealed ...

Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Saturday for a battery of tests after returning to Rikers Island jail ahead of a court ...

A Department of Correction captain is recovering after her body-worn camera caught fire at Rikers Island, prompting immediate ...

The Staten Island District Attorney’s office last week said Joseph Riccardi agreed to an adjournment contemplating dismissal, ...

The captain’s body camera caught on fire Friday, prompting unions to ask for a full safety review, officials said.

Missed medical appointments, alleged sexual harassment and abuse, dirty cells and frequent violence – detainees on Rikers ...

Former President Donald Trump could be jailed in Rikers for violations of his gag order in his ongoing hush money case.

The downward spiral of one inmate, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of the nation’s prisons to care for the mentally ...

The D.C. Department of Corrections’ use of isolation is ineffective and harmful, especially for people experiencing suicidal ...

The plaintiffs say they faced sexual and other physical abuse at juvenile detention centers and on Rikers Island.

Many of the bands visiting Jazz Fest from Colombia have blended traditional sounds, like salsa and cumbia, with contemporary, ...

Wayne has gone on the record several times to confirm this, telling the story of how he was held in Rikers Island when Drake visited him and admitted what he did. In a TMZ report from 2015, Wayne was ...