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

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

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 ...

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 took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.

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

Laura Taylor Swain, a federal judge, seized control of New York City’s lockups, which have been rife with violence and ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A federal judge Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court. In the ...