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

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

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

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 ...

A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to oversee the cleanup of Rikers Island. New York City has lost control ...

A federal judge has removed New York City and its Department of Correction from full control of the Rikers Island jail ...

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

A federal judge has ordered an outside official to take over control of much of New York City's jail system after local ...

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.

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

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

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