A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal ...

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging the disgraced Hollywood mogul is ...

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers filed a legal claim alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic ...

Police in Luzerne County say they extradited a prisoner in Rikers Island to face charges in a cooking oil theft investigation ...

A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on ...

The finding was a landmark in a court case that has stretched out over more than a decade. Plans for a receivership of New ...

A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the ...

The judge found that conditions have only continued to worsen at the jail complex, setting up a potential federal takeover.

A federal judge held New York City’s Department of Correction in contempt for failing to institute reforms at Rikers Island ...

A federal judge said that she was leaning toward taking the extreme measure of stripping the city of its control of Rikers ...

The scathing ruling over jail conditions puts the troubled Rikers Island jail complex on the verge of a federal takeover.