In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 ...

A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds capacity of planned ...

An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...

An illegal strike by state correction officers was resolved, but its ripple effects are creating more dangerous conditions at ...

Harvey Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday ahead of his retrial, which is scheduled to start in just over a ...

A pilot program from the state’s court system meant to reduce the ballooning population on Rikers Island has seen early successes, officials claim.

Harvey Weinstein is sour that he won’t get a party for his 73rd birthday at Rikers Island next week, and made the grim prediction that he won’t live to see another year. The convicted sex ...