The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, ...

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...

The mother of a New York City correction officer exclusively spoke to Eyewitness News to plead for help finding the killer who shot her son five years ago.

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...

With every contract City Hall signs for new jails to replace Rikers, the completion date gets further and further away.

As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

Harvey Weinstein begged to go on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn't sure he will survive long enough in the "hell ...

Former HFZ Capital exec Nir Meir was denied a significant bail reduction and will remain in Rikers Island jail unless he can ...

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein begged a Manhattan judge Wednesday to move up his new sex assault trial because ...

The city’s Department of Correction says it will open the bidding process to any contractors who want to operate its jail ...

The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...