City Councilman Robert Holden wants federal immigration agents at the massive jail complex — and questioned the mayor’s ...

Harvey Weinstein's health is taking another turn, as the once-praised film producer and now-convicted sex offender is back at ...

It was the first day of deliberation on the 3rd of December for the twelve jurors in the case of Daniel Penny, a former U.S.

A judge may order a federal takeover of Rikers Island due to persistent violence and unmet reform requirements.

Harvey Weinstein battles leukemia and legal troubles as he faces hospitalization and challenges prison conditions in a $5 ...

The judge, Laura Taylor Swain, set a Jan. 14 deadline for the city and lawyers representing detainees to present a plan for a receivership. Adams said Tuesday that he would obey the judge’s ruling but ...

The disgraced movie producer received an "alarming blood test result" requiring hospitalization, his legal team and ...

Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized for "emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate ...

A distinguished New York City civil rights lawyer. A nationally recognized jail reformer who headed lockups in two different ...

Weinstein has been held at Rikers Island as he’s awaiting trial on three alleged sex crimes. The former mogul was charged in ...

Harvey Weinstein arrives for the 2008 Orange British Academy Film Awards (Joel Ryan/PA) The agency’s inmate database confirmed that Weinstein had been transferred from Rikers Island to the Bellevue ...

New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail is likely to be taken over by the federal government after a judge ruled the ...