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NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on fed takeover of Rikers Island: "We've got to try something new"
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy spoke with Marcia Kramer on this week's episode ...
NYC loses control of Rikers Island as judge appoints remediation manager to run jail complex
A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to run Rikers Island and report directly to her, taking control of the ...
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Judge orders ‘remediation manager’ to oversee Rikers Island jails
New York City’s jails will get an outside manager to protect the constitutional rights of people in custody, a federal judge ...
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Under a Remediation Manager, Who Will Actually Control Rikers Island?
Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction ...
A path ahead for Rikers: Judicial appointment of remediation manager/receiver was a must
In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has rightly ...
Federal judge appoints remediation manager for Rikers Island cleanup
A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to oversee the cleanup of Rikers Island. New York City has lost control of the infamous jail. The decision was filed as ...
Judge strips NYC of full authority over Rikers Island, citing ‘unprecedented’ violence
A federal judge has ordered an outside official to take over control of much of New York City's jail system after local ...
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Federal Judge Removes Rikers Island From City Control
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that an independent manager be appointed to oversee the notorious jail complex ...
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Federal Judge Ends NYC Control Of Rikers Island
A federal judge took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.