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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail stating that it remained unconstitutionally dangerous for inmates.

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