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

A federal judge has ordered an outside official to take over control of much of New York City's jail system after local ...

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

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

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that an independent manager be appointed to oversee the notorious jail complex ...

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

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

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

A federal judge took the extraordinary step of stripping the city of its control over Rikers Island, ruling that City Hall ...

A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run ...

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

Re “City Hall considers abandoning plan to replace Rikers with borough jails” (May 3): Mayor Adams’ purported attempt to ...