New York officials are under pressure to make changes to the state's mental health laws following a brutal rampage in ...

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 white supremacist prison gang leader is accused in the attempted homicide of two officers at the California State Prison in Sacramento, authorities said Tuesday.

While plans are on track to close Rikers Island by 2027, a federal judge ordered the city to submit proposals for structural ...

The finding was a landmark in a court case that has stretched out over more than a decade. Plans for a receivership of New ...

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging the disgraced Hollywood mogul is ...

The extraordinary intervention would cede control of one of the nation’s largest, most notorious jail systems.

A federal judge held New York City’s Department of Correction in contempt for failing to institute reforms at Rikers Island ...

In a 65-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Laura Swain of the Southern District of New York found the city in contempt on ...

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday said she is “inclined” to appoint a federal receiver to oversee the use of force and ...

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