New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy spoke with Marcia Kramer on this week's episode ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 on Tuesday stripped New York City of its control over the Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous ... Manhattan U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain will "appoint a 'remediation manager' to address the deeply entrenched problems at the sprawling ...

In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that manager will "support remediation of the ... of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager This past ...