A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to run Rikers Island and report directly to her, taking control of the ...

The video above aired in a previous newscast. NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to ...

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

In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has rightly ...

After years of litigation, a federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to run Rikers Island and report directly to ...

A federal judge has stripped New York City of control over its jails, citing years of violence and neglect at the notorious ...

Legislation passed by the New York City Council in 2019 requires the closure of Rikers Island prison by 2027 and new jails to replace it.

New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a ...

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 ...

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

After nearly a decade of ineffective oversight by a court-appointed monitor, the federal judge overseeing the city’s ...

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