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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Court mandates reform for NYC's Rikers Island and appoints a remediation manager to address the jail's issues.

Through the receivership order, the city will transfer power over local jails to a third-party expert appointed by the federal courts.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to oversee the cleanup of Rikers Island. The decision was filed as part of Chief United States District Judge Laura ...