It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious lockup — situated like a 19th-century penal colony in the middle ...

By Priya Krishna Photographs by Brittainy Newman Priya Krishna and Brittainy Newman twice visited Rikers Island, where they were granted extensive access to a kitchen, its cooks and the detainees ...

A picture she made in 1971 caused a minor scandal—minor for anyone but the artist and the growing number of women prisoners on Rikers Island, the main holding site in New York City for those ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, causing injuries severe enough to require emergency surgery, according to ...

A woman held on Rikers Island claims in a shocking 33-page handwritten complaint that she was repeatedly raped with sex toys by another female detainee late last month, a copy obtained by the ...

LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — Christopher Macchio, a Long Island native, took center stage at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday. Macchio, 46, performed the national anthem after ...

Harvey Weinstein urged a New York judge on Wednesday to move up his April sexual assault retrial amid continued health issues and "medieval" conditions at New York City's Rikers Island. The embattled ...

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The ... s “Odyssey” is expected to start in roughly two months on the island of Favignana, known as “goat island,” which is believed to be the ...

The Department of Corrections is planning to open similar centers at other facilities on Rikers, according to a news release. “Having these resources available to them on-island will better ...

Bradley Cooper was flying high after the Philadelphia Eagles’ epic win at Super Bowl LIX. “I love the team, man,” Cooper told CNN’s Coy Wire on the field after the game, which saw the ...

Former HFZ Capital exec Nir Meir was denied a significant bail reduction and will remain in Rikers Island jail unless ... said Assistant District Attorney Christopher Beard at the July hearing.

The long-awaited second season of the Apple TV+ series premiered on Friday. By Lexi Carson Christopher Walken probably won’t be streaming Severance any time soon. While promoting season two of ...