With the court orders that allowed the city to seal illicit cannabis stores starting to expire, questions remain about ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rikers Island will be taken out of city control, and an outside official will report directly to a federal judge. The judge, Laura Taylor Swain, ruled the remediation manager will ...

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

New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mohsen Mahdawi — who was detained by immigration agents last month during what he was told was his citizenship interview — ...

Despite efforts to improve conditions, the jail has continued to face criticism for its dangerous environment.