An accused sex offender grabbed the rear end of City Council Member Sandy Nurse Tuesday morning during a surprise visit by ...

A locked-up sex offender groped New York City Councilwoman Sandy Nurse during a Tuesday morning tour of Rikers Island, The ...

City detainees with so-called 730 designations wait an average of 76 days for a bed in facilities like Kirby Forensic ...

A Rikers corrections officer said he cried when he was cleared of charges he sexually assaulted a coworker on the job – ...

Four City Council members have decried a practice by city jails of locking severely mentally ill people in their cells for ...

The Internet believes karma has done its job after disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein was diagnosed with a form of leukemia.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— When asked on the witness stand Friday about the meaning of his nickname on Rikers Island, 32-year-old ...

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who is currently in prison, reportedly faces a new challenge with a cancer diagnosis.

Amid the 72-year-old's 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault, for which he's serving time at New York City's Rikers ...

A correction officer was allegedly slashed in the head by a gangbanger during a fight inside troubled Rikers Island on ...

Curtis Davis hanged himself, according to the medical examiner, but a new lawsuit alleges negligence by guards and says ...

NEW YORK — The first time I heard about Hart Island, I couldn’t believe it. There’s a 150-year-old mass grave on an island in ...