Harvey Weinstein has been behind bars at the New York maximum-security prison Rikers Island since 2020 Harvey Weinstein is imprisoned at Rikers Island while awaiting a retrial on charges relating to a ...

Rosebuds Reading Collective, founded by Nora Fried and Julia Fox, offers women incarcerated at Rikers Island a space for community and self-expression through reading and writing. CNN attended a ...

Nearly two years after a social worker first alleged that correctional officers on Rikers Island regularly locked up detainees suffering from mental health issues for weeks or months at a time – ...

The Correction Officers' Benevolent Association is calling for action after three correction officers were reportedly assaulted by an inmate at Rikers Island this weekend.

New York City officials said an inmate of Rikers Island has died, marking the seventh inmate death this year at the detention facility this year.

A 41-year-old man held on Rikers Island on a murder charge died Tuesday morning, marking the seventh person to lose their life in Department of Correction custody this year, officials said. A ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...

Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he’d scrap the controversial plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex if he’s elected in November – a stunning about-face from the ...

The city has less than a year to close the embattled Rikers Island jail complex by the legal deadline of Aug. 31, 2027.

New York City’s official World Cup guide lists no less than 100 free places to take in soccer’s biggest tournament on big screens. One place that isn’t listed? The city’s notorious Rikers Island jail ...

Johnson discusses his Fatherless No More ministry, his Rikers Island documentary, and the mentors who shaped his life.

A year from now, Rikers Island will still be open, despite a 2019 City Council law mandating that the jail be closed by Aug. 31, 2027. The deadline will be missed. The law will be broken. That law ...