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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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A federal judge Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court. In the ...

The daffodils have peaked in Central Park, and the Yankees and Mets are weeks into their seasons. Spring is in full swing ...

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.