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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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.