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

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 ...

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

A federal judge has removed New York City and its Department of Correction from full control of the Rikers Island jail ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Legislation passed by the New York City Council in 2019 requires the closure of Rikers Island prison by 2027 and new jails to replace it.

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

In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has rightly ...