Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs of East Harlem has used his experience to help people reinvent themselves, including a high-flying ...

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

Fewer than one in five inmate complaints on Rikers Island over the last four years ever saw any resolution, including shocking claims of sexual assault, according to a review of jail data.

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 ...

Sex pest Harvey Weinstein moved back into Rikers Island Friday afternoon ... in a special cell unit at Rikers’ West Facility for inmates with medical issues, his spokesperson confirmed to ...

Harvey Weinstein returned to Rikers Island just days after the New York ... producer was being held in a special unit at Rikers for inmates requiring medical care before being transferred to ...

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 ...

Harvey Weinstein, once a powerful Hollywood mogul, is back behind bars at Rikers Island following the overturning ... designed for inmates with medical needs. "We are grateful for how smoothly ...

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 ...

Pope Francis meets with female inmates gathered in the intimate courtyard of the Women's Prison on the Island of Giudecca in Venice, Italy, on April 28, 2024. Credit: Vatican Media Taking a ...

More than 100 inmates escaped from a Nigerian prison near Abuja due to heavy rains destroying parts of the facility. The overnight downpour destroyed the perimeter fence of the medium-security ...

The Kano State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has said that 70 percent of inmates are awaiting trial across the custodial centres in the state. The Command’s Public ...