Op-ed: Today, the prison island immortalizes a man who sold Black New Yorkers into slavery. Once the prison is shut down, the ...

Harvey Weinstein has been behind bars at the New York maximum-security prison Rikers Island since 2020 ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is hiring someone to oversee the closure of New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail. On Friday, the ...

A library at the women’s jail on Rikers Island reopened this week after the resource had been shut down for nearly a year as ...

The high-ranking role, which was posted by the mayor's office on Friday, comes with a $180,000 to $230,000 salary.

The court-appointed remediation manager responsible for addressing the deeply rooted dysfunction and violence on Rikers ...

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein claimed in a recent interview that actress Gwyneth Paltrow owes her career to him as part of ...

The former Hollywood producer was first accused of sexual misconduct by more than 80 women in October 2017 ...

CO in Rikers Bribery Scheme BRONX, N.Y. — A former New York City Department of Correction officer has been sentenced to probation after admitting he smuggled contraband worth an estimated $15,000 into ...

Rodney Reid recounts his experience in Rikers Island, describing the brutal conditions he endured during years spent in ...