Rikers Island, New York City's most notorious jail complex, sits in the water between the Bronx and Queens. When I visited the complex in April 2025, I expected it to be hard to reach — and I wasn't ...

Harvey Weinstein said his life has been "hell" while serving time in prison. The disgraced film producer shared a rare update with The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published March 10 where he ...

In his first major sit-down from behind bars, the disgraced mogul fumes about life at Rikers ("I’m dying here"), his wrecked legacy and his delusions about the future ("I will be proven innocent. That ...

I spent three-and-a-half years on Rikers Island, as both an adolescent and adult. During this time, I experienced and witnessed countless episodes of abuse and neglect, including frequent medical and ...

After years of delays and cost overruns, the city plans to finally open part of a quarter-billion dollar unit at Bellevue Hospital for seriously ill detainees on Rikers Island, THE CITY has learned.

NYC’s investigation into Rikers ‘deadlocking’ drags on for more than 450 days A probe into a whistleblower’s accusations has stretched past a year as questions linger over solitary-like confinement ...