A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a ...

A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal ...

City Councilman Robert Holden wants federal immigration agents at the massive jail complex — and questioned the mayor’s ...

Awaiting a new New York trial next year on additional sex crimes charges, Harvey Weinstein seems to be wishing he was ...

In a legal notice, Weinstein’s attorney likened Rikers, a notoriously dangerous jail, to a “gulag” and accused officials of ...

A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...

A Correction captain on Rikers Island who cost the city $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim has been named in yet ...

New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail is likely to be taken over by the federal government after a judge ruled the ...

A judge has found the city in contempt of court and has cleared the way for an outside official, instead of City Hall, to ...

A federal judge said that she was leaning toward taking the extreme measure of stripping the city of its control of Rikers ...

The judge found that conditions have only continued to worsen at the jail complex, setting up a potential federal takeover.

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 ...