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

The judge said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” by failing to comply with 18 separate ...

Rikers Island and Bellevue Hospital are accused of neglecting to care for Harvey Weinstein as he battles cancer, diabetes and ...

Awaiting a new New York trial next year on more sex crimes charges, Harvey Weinstein seems to be wishing he was spending ...

A federal judge found New York City in contempt for its failure to stem violence at its notorious Rikers Island prison ...

Chief US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain found New York City in contempt Wednesday for failing to reduce violence and brutality in the Rikers Island complex. Judge Swain said the city was placing ...

A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal takeover of the system now seen increasingly as likely in a years-long legal ...

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

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

While plans are on track to close Rikers Island by 2027, a federal judge ordered the city to submit proposals for structural ...

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