A federal judge on Tuesday stripped New York City of its control over Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be run ...

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 ...

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“Though appointing an independent remediation manager is a necessary step towards accountability and bringing Rikers’ deadly ...

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

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

New York NY – “Appointing an independent remediation manager is a serious indictment of the decades of mismanagement at ...

A federal judge has stripped New York City of control over its jails, citing years of violence and neglect at the notorious ...

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

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.

Outside official will take over deadly Rikers Island jail, judge orders - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...

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