A federal judge has decided to take control of New York’s Rikers Island jail away from city officials due to years of ...

Remediation manager” sounds more like a third-rank bureaucrat or elementary school reading specialist than a revolutionary ...

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

Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction ...

A federal judge took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.

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 ...

In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that manager will "support remediation of the ongoing violations of the constitutional rights of people in custody in the New ...

It seems counterintuitive, but the pending takeover of Rikers Island by a U.S. court-appointed administrator could redound to the benefit of the city, including Mayor Adams.The jail complex is horribl ...

Instead, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said she would appoint an outside manager to “take all necessary steps” toward restoring order inside the jails and bringing the city into ...