Investigations into alleged abuses by Rikers Island officers will no longer be handled by the Department of Correction, ...

The city blew past a legal deadline Friday to release a detailed plan for closing Rikers Island, leaving its long-delayed ...

Almost a decade ago, plans were made to shut down Rikers Island for good. Here's the deadline the city was given to shut its doors.

The New York jail complex uses video games as part of its strategy to reduce violence with programming for good behavior.

Donny Ruben Ubiera’s estate received $2.4 million and Jose Mejia Martinez’s estate received $2.7 million in settlement money.

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore the psychological resilience and survival tactics used by inmates on Rikers ...

A New York judge declared a mistrial in disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape case in its third trial, after a jury said "no one is going to change where they stand." ...

A New York judge declared a mistrial Friday in Harvey Weinstein ’s rape case from the #MeToo-era that has gone to trial three ...

As New York City’s first ever “close Rikers czar,” it’s Dana Kaplan’s job to get the notorious jails complex shut down ASAP. That’s a tall task under the best circumstances. And at this point it’s a ...

News 12's Heather Fordham sits down with David Estrada, the executive director of the Sunset Park Business Improvement ...

Harvey Weinstein's legal saga just keeps dragging on -- 'cause his third New York sex crimes trial ended in a mistrial Friday ...