Advocates for closing Rikers Island, New York City’s sprawling 400-acre complex of notoriously dangerous and violent jails, have found an unlikely champion in Harvey Weinstein.

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. The ...

Disgraced ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein filed an emergency request Wednesday to be sent to Bellevue Hospital from Rikers Island due to a "tongue infection." ...

Harvey Weinstein ‘s legal team has petitioned the court to transfer the disgraced movie mogul from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital during his criminal retrial in New York City. “Harvey ...

Disgraced former Hollywood legend Harvey Weinstein will remain in Bellevue Hospital this week as his retrial gets underway and jury selection continued.

Harvey Weinstein has returned to court this week for his sexual assault retrial after his 2020 conviction was overturned last year. He was transported from Rikers Island on Tuesday, April 15 ...

The Blast covered Weinstein's petition to be transferred from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital, reporting that his legal team demanded $5 million in damages from the medical center.

The Bronx DA’s office has dropped all charges against a Queens public defender arrested on Rikers Island for possession of ...

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers ...

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of sexual assault in a retrial after his 2020 conviction was overturned. The judge also declared a mistrial on another charge.