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

“Though appointing an independent remediation manager is a necessary step towards accountability and bringing Rikers’ deadly ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that an independent official will be appointed to oversee the Rikers Island jail complex, ...

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