A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, causing injuries severe enough to require emergency surgery, according to ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker ... of the injured officer started a fundraising account on her behalf. She was “violently unprovoked and abruptly assaulted by an inmate inside of OBCC ...

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the head from behind by an inmate. A man held on Rikers Island sucker ...

A Bronx jury Tuesday acquitted a correction captain while convicting an officer for their roles in a 2019 incident during which a Rikers Island detainee tried to hang himself, and at least four ...

It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island ... help correctional officers keep temperatures down. With so many inmates serving time for stealing ...

The Department of Corrections is planning to open similar centers at other facilities on Rikers, according to a news release. “Having these resources available to them on-island will better ...

he said “she has played a central role in the progress we have made" in bringing down violence on Rikers Island. Now, his administration is proposing a new role for Maginley-Liddie: compliance ...

Harvey Weinstein urged a New York judge on Wednesday to move up his April sexual assault retrial amid continued health issues and "medieval" conditions at New York City's Rikers Island.