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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has rightly ...