Harvey Weinstein has been behind bars at the New York maximum-security prison Rikers Island since 2020 Harvey Weinstein is imprisoned at Rikers Island while awaiting a retrial on charges relating to a ...

Nearly two years after a social worker first alleged that correctional officers on Rikers Island regularly locked up detainees suffering from mental health issues for weeks or months at a time – ...

Rosebuds Reading Collective, founded by Nora Fried and Julia Fox, offers women incarcerated at Rikers Island a space for community and self-expression through reading and writing. CNN attended a ...

The Correction Officers' Benevolent Association is calling for action after three correction officers were reportedly assaulted by an inmate at Rikers Island this weekend.

New York City officials said an inmate of Rikers Island has died, marking the seventh inmate death this year at the detention facility this year.

A 41-year-old man held on Rikers Island on a murder charge died Tuesday morning, marking the seventh person to lose their life in Department of Correction custody this year, officials said. A ...

New York City’s official World Cup guide lists no less than 100 free places to take in soccer’s biggest tournament on big screens. One place that isn’t listed? The city’s notorious Rikers Island jail ...

The city has less than a year to close the embattled Rikers Island jail complex by the legal deadline of Aug. 31, 2027.

Riker's Island has a reputation as one of the most notorious prisons in the United States, having been described as "an ongoing human rights crisis" and "hell, plain and simple." Now a group of former ...

Johnson discusses his Fatherless No More ministry, his Rikers Island documentary, and the mentors who shaped his life.

A year from now, Rikers Island will still be open, despite a 2019 City Council law mandating that the jail be closed by Aug. 31, 2027. The deadline will be missed. The law will be broken. That law ...

A New York City Department of Correction captain died while on duty after suffering a medical emergency on Rikers Island, officials said Friday. Captain Keisha Nicks, a 22-year DOC veteran, was rushed ...