Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment ...

A federal judge 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.In the past 50 years, a ...

The 77-page order by a Manhattan federal judge effectively appoints a federal receiver to correct dangerous conditions in ...

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

On Tuesday, Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York Laura Taylor Swain, a Clinton appointee, in a 77-page ruling, ...

New York City will no longer control its jail system and an outside manager will take over, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

Court mandates reform for NYC's Rikers Island and appoints a remediation manager to address the jail's issues.

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

New York City's troubled jail system will be put under the watch of an independent monitor after a federal judge seized ...

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an official who reports to the court to run it.