Bitcoin torture suspect John Woeltz was freed on $1 million bond after two months in custody for allegedly kidnapping and ...

As extreme heat ravages New York City this summer, the lives of thousands detained on Rikers Island hang in the balance. Last ...

The script probes the meaning of justice, the limits of the law in morally gray situations and the role of religious faith in ...

A former Rikers Island guard was convicted of felony charges after prosecutors say he planted a weapon inside the cell of a ...

A Correction officer found the man – whose name has not been released pending family notification – lying on the floor of a ...

New York’s liberal immigration policy landed it on the federal government’s updated list of sanctuary jurisdictions on ...

A bill passed by the City Council would publish information about inmates deaths in custody at city jails after the next-of-kin is notified.

The city’s public hospital system is increasing spending on dental care for people held in city jails despite ongoing ...

Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...

One of the crypto bros was accused of sadistically tormenting an Italian millionaire in a Manhattan townhouse.

Harvey Weinstein, the convicted sex offender and former film producer, gave a rare interview this week with the conservative ...