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

New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a ...

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 ...

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 on Tuesday ruled that an independent official will be appointed to oversee the Rikers Island jail complex, ...

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

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

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

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

New York City will no longer control its jail system and an outside manager will take over, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.