NEW YORK-- New York City has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a Rikers Island inmate who suffered severe brain damage after he attempted to hang himself while ...

There is hope. Video obtained by the NBC New York I-Team shows Rikers Island correction officers failing to intervene — for nearly eight minutes — as an inmate hangs himself in their plain view.

A Rikers Island inmate has been indicted on charges of second-degree Assault and other offenses after allegedly attacking a ...

Their actions made Rikers Island “less safe, for inmates and officers alike,” Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement, adding that the ...

Rikers Island inmates assaulted two correction officers in separate attacks Sunday, leaving the guards with gruesome injuries to their face and hands, The Post has learned. In the first attack ...

These days, as an inmate at Rikers Island — New York City’s largest and most notorious jail — Padilla, 45, has drawn even closer to Judaism. Since being imprisoned at the 413-acre East River ...

Three former correction officers, one program counselor, a contractor, and an inmate are facing federal charges, according to court documents. Former Rikers Island correction officer Carlos Rivera ...

An accused murderer locked up on Rikers Island beat a correction officer ... According to jail protocol, doors must be locked whether an inmate is inside or outside the cell.

NEW YORK - An astonishing 719 sexual assault lawsuits have been filed against the Department of Correction by female inmates ...

He will be sent to the North Infirmary Command on Rikers Island which includes inmates with serious medical conditions. Instead of his usual smart attire Weisselberg was dressed in an olive ...

These days, as an inmate at Rikers Island — New York City’s largest and most notorious jail — Padilla, 45, has drawn even closer to Judaism. Since being imprisoned at the 413-acre East River ...