The jail barge, officially called the Vernon C. Bain Center, was a relic of the crack cocaine era. It was notorious even ...

For three decades, the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center was moored to the banks of Hunts Point, serving as an overflow facility for Rikers Island.

NEW YORK -- Rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison after a jury found him guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in July. He ...

The notorious floating jail complex off Rikers Island known as “The Boat” is being moved south to be turned into scrap metal.

PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with ...

State officials on the front lines of preparing for natural disasters and responding to emergencies say severe cuts to federal security grants, restrictions on money intended for readiness and funding ...

Current and former staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency demonstrated against workforce and program cuts during a “FEMA Solidarity Rally” on Friday, a potentially risky act of protest ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the killing of an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison on Tuesday.Staff observed inmate Orlando M. Ochoa, 40, allegedly ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul sentenced to 50 months in prison on two interstate prostitution convictions, faces strict conditions after his release, according to court documents filed ...

Ghislaine Maxwell, the sex-trafficking accomplice and former lover of Jeffrey Epstein, is getting "unusually favorable treatment" after arriving at a "Club Fed" prison in Texas, according to a new ...