Rikers Island is a violent, chaotic, drug-ridden nightmare: At least 32 inmates have died in custody these last three years, jail staff keep getting attacked, and gangs often do what they please.

New York City was found in contempt Wednesday over “grave” conditions at Rikers Island — as a judge said she was “inclined” to order a federal takeover of the troubled jail complex.

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Currently held in Pennsylvania's State Correctional Institution at Huntington, Mangione is awaiting extradition proceedings that could send him to New York's infamous Rikers Island. According to ...

A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a receivership. By Alyce McFadden New York City could lose control over its jails ...

By Emily Smith Harvey Weinstein’s legal team fear he will die in the “torture chamber or medieval dungeon” Rikers Island Prison, where they say he has been left festering in blood-spattered ...

STORY: A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she is considering ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail after finding the city failed to improve violent conditions that put ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

The Rikers Island jail is slated to be closed in 2027, but the city has pushed back deadlines to do so.

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