A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex ...

Rikers Island will soon be run by a court-appointed official after a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the troubled jail ...

A federal judge on Tuesday said she is taking control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail complex away from city ...

Swain issued the order in Nunez v. City of New York, a 13-year-old class-action suit that the Legal Aid Society and the law ...

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that an independent manager be appointed to oversee the notorious jail complex ...

Rikers Island, which has long drawn ire over its conditions, won't be within New York City's purview during the transition.

Federal judge orders external manager to take control of Rikers Island jail after reports of violence and mismanagement.

New York City’s jails will get an outside manager to protect the constitutional rights of people in custody, a federal judge ...

A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court.

Outside official will take over deadly Rikers Island jail, judge orders - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...

A federal judge in Manhattan has taken charge of reforming New York's Rikers Island jail complex, citing worsening violent ...