The Supreme Court of the State of New York has issued a preliminary injunction to block New York City Mayor Eric Adams from ...

Harvey Weinstein is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence after he was convicted of raping an actress in Los Angeles ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News has investigated the violence, the staffing levels, even the sexual abuse allegations inside Rikers Island. Now, we're getting an exclusive look at some of the ...

The fallen mogul’s trial for sex crimes in Manhattan may hinge on the testimony of a recently revealed accuser, Kaja Sokola, ...

A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now ... violent and inhumane conditions inside the jail for years.

Judge appoints independent official to oversee Rikers Island jail reform Legal Aid Society calls appointment a critical turning point City's proposal for compliance director role rejected by judge ...

For nearly 100 years, New York City has been housing its detainees in jail cells on Rikers Island. And for all of that time, the jail complex has been known almost exclusively as a place of ...

NEW YORK — Four New York City Council members have decried a practice by city jails of locking severely mentally ill people in their cells for extended periods, dubbed “deadlocking.” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island are suing the city claiming they were trapped in their cells during a ... of any crime can be locked inside of a burning building ...