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

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 ...

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

Rikers Island, which has long drawn ire over its conditions, won't be within New York City's purview during the transition.

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 ...

The 77-page order by a Manhattan federal judge effectively appoints a federal receiver to correct dangerous conditions in ...

Laura Taylor Swain, a federal judge, seized control of New York City’s lockups, which have been rife with violence and ...

A federal judge in Manhattan has taken charge of reforming New York's Rikers Island jail complex, citing worsening violent ...

A federal judge on Tuesday said she is taking control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail complex away from city ...

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

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