In a legal notice, Weinstein’s attorney likened Rikers, a notoriously dangerous jail, to a “gulag” and accused officials of ...

A federal judge held New York City in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to improve conditions at Rikers and other jails ...

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging the disgraced Hollywood mogul is ...

A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal ...

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers filed a legal claim alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic ...

A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on ...

The finding was a landmark in a court case that has stretched out over more than a decade. Plans for a receivership of New ...

The judge found that conditions have only continued to worsen at the jail complex, setting up a potential federal takeover.

A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the ...

Weinstein, who is serving time at Rikers after he was convicted of sexual assault and rape, is requesting $5 million in ...

A federal judge said that she was leaning toward taking the extreme measure of stripping the city of its control of Rikers ...