A Correction captain on Rikers Island who cost the city $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim has been named in yet ...

Harvey Weinstein, Bellevue hospital, New York city Etienne Laurent/Getty Images/Icon Sportswire via AP Images Less than a ...

New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail is likely to be taken over by the federal government after a judge ruled the ...

A judge has found the city in contempt of court and has cleared the way for an outside official, instead of City Hall, to ...

A Manhattan federal judge just moved one step closer to handing control of city jails over to a receiver. It’s undoubtedly ...

A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a ...

A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...

Harvey Weinstein is being subjected to medical negligence in one of the country’s most notorious jails, his attorney said in ...

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 alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic ...

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

A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...