A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail ...

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A federal judge finally acknowledged that New York City won't fix the constitutional crisis at Rikers on its own, but the ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

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

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

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

The foundation targeted its grants to hard-pressed hospitals that wanted to apply for nursing accreditation programs. It said ...

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

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

On Tuesday, Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York Laura Taylor Swain, a Clinton appointee, in a 77-page ruling, ...

Rikers Island will soon be run by a court-appointed official after a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the troubled jail ...