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

The historic step, taking control of the jails away from the city, is "a drastic and necessary measure to save lives," ...

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

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

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rikers Island will be taken out of city control, and an outside official will report directly to a federal judge. The judge, Laura Taylor Swain, ruled the remediation manager will ...

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 ...

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 stripped New York City of its control over Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be run ...

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

After nearly a decade of ineffective oversight by a court-appointed monitor, the federal judge overseeing the city’s ...

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

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