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

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

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

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

A federal judge took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.

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

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

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.

Immigrants living in New York who were unlawfully held on Rikers Island because federal immigration agents asked the city to ...

Dan Mannarino speaks with New York City Council Member, Sandy Nurse, about the city no longer fully controlling its jail ...