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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

A federal judge has removed New York City and its Department of Correction from full control of the Rikers Island jail ...

Legislation passed by the New York City Council in 2019 requires the closure of Rikers Island prison by 2027 and new jails to replace it.

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

In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has rightly ...

New York NY – “Appointing an independent remediation manager is a serious indictment of the decades of mismanagement at ...