A judge has found the city in contempt of court and has cleared the way for an outside official, instead of City Hall, to ...

Less than a week after suing the City of New York and others over “deplorable conditions” at Rikers Island jail, Harvey ...

A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...

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

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

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

US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” ...

New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail is likely to be taken over by the federal government after a judge ruled the ...

A Correction captain on Rikers Island who cost the city $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim has been named in yet ...

A judge may order a federal takeover of Rikers Island due to persistent violence and unmet reform requirements.

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