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.

Harvey Weinstein is opening up about life at Rikers Island. In his first major sit-down since being transferred to the maximum-security prison in New York six years ago, the disgraced film producer, ...

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has shared a window into his experience at the infamous Rikers Island prison in New York City. Weinstein, 73, was transferred to the New York ...

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

Vidal Guzman is a campaigner and spokesperson living in New York City. He was first incarcerated on Rikers Island when he was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein bemoaned his bleak existence behind bars and admitted the idea of dying in prison ...

New York City has paid more than $5 million over the past few weeks to settle two suits alleging the city is responsible for ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In the early 19th century, a freeborn Black New Yorker braved ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stanley Richards knows how bleak life can be at Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious jail complex. As a young man, he spent two years locked up there for robbery. Now, he runs the ...

NEW YORK — Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein bemoaned his bleak existence behind bars and admitted the idea of dying in prison terrifies him in a newly published jailhouse interview.