The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...

Mayor Eric Adams exceeded his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a new law banning solitary confinement in ...

One detainee was discovered in a cell at the Eric M. Taylor Center on Rikers Island. The second, sources said, appears to ...

N.Y. judge extends order blocking ICE office at Rikers Island 00:53. A judge has blocked Mayor Eric Adams from letting federal immigration authorities reopen an office at Rikers Island, in part ...

What You Need To Know. A judge on Tuesday extended a temporary restraining order that bars U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from operating on Rikers Island until at least next week ...

A state judge on Friday indefinitely blocked Mayor Eric Adams from letting federal immigration authorities open an office at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, a priority for the ...