A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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