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 ...

A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run ...

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 on Tuesday stripped New York City of its control over Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be run ...

Laura Taylor Swain, a federal judge, seized control of New York City’s lockups, which have been rife with violence and ...

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 ...

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

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

A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail ...

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 fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a ...