A teenager accused of repeatedly taking city subway trains on high-speed joyrides will have to spend more than a month on ...

Bitcoin torture suspect John Woeltz was freed on $1 million bond after two months in custody for allegedly kidnapping and ...

As extreme heat ravages New York City this summer, the lives of thousands detained on Rikers Island hang in the balance. Last ...

An inmate died of a medical emergency in the bathroom of a Rikers Island facility Tuesday morning – marking the eighth reported death of an inmate at the city’s jails this year, officials said. A ...

L.A. County supervisors say they're open to the idea of a receiver taking over control of the troubled juvenile halls. But ...

One of the crypto bros was accused of sadistically tormenting an Italian millionaire in a Manhattan townhouse.

A former Rikers Island guard was convicted of felony charges after prosecutors say he planted a weapon inside the cell of a ...

Dr. Michael Lucchesi, the former chairman of emergency medicine, used hospital funds on personal vacations, concert tickets ...

The city’s public hospital system is increasing spending on dental care for people held in city jails despite ongoing ...

The script probes the meaning of justice, the limits of the law in morally gray situations and the role of religious faith in ...