Inmate Shemar Hassani-Shaw was indicted for slashing a Rikers Island officer's face last December. Charges include Attempted ...

One female correction officer at Rikers Island walks around the troubled jail complex with her back to the wall after a male inmate grabbed her rear end. Another wakes up in cold sweats reliving the ...

When a federal judge announced last May that she would appoint an independent “remediation manager” to impose long-delayed ...

Disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was taken to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail on Thursday, ten days after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault. The 67-year-old "Pulp ...

The women's stories are part of lawsuits against the city and the Department of Corrections, filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. Hundreds of women allege rampant sexual assault, abuse at ...

Two Corrections officers were attacked in a brutal four-hour span at Rikers Island Wednesday — including one guard who was slashed by an infamous subway knifer, union officials said. The 11-year ...