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

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

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 ...

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an ...

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

The implementation of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration’s executive order allowing federal immigration agents to re-establish ...

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

New York City has been ordered to turn over control of Rikers Island—one of the country's most notorious jails—and other city ...

A federal judge took the extraordinary step of stripping the city of its control over Rikers Island, ruling that City Hall ...

A federal judge in Manhattan has taken charge of reforming New York's Rikers Island jail complex, citing worsening violent ...

A federal judge on Tuesday said she is taking control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail complex away from city ...