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 ...

New York City’s jails will get an outside manager to protect the constitutional rights of people in custody, a federal judge ...

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

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

New York City will no longer control its jail system and an outside manager will take over, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to oversee the cleanup of Rikers Island. New York City has lost control ...

On Tuesday, Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York Laura Taylor Swain, a Clinton appointee, in a 77-page ruling, ...

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

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that an independent official will be appointed to oversee the Rikers Island jail complex, ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex ...

After years of litigation, a federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to run Rikers Island and report directly to ...