The vast majority of people detained at Rikers are waiting for their day in court and have not been convicted of any crime.

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

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

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

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

Calling the conditions at Rikers Island “dangerous and unsafe,” federal Judge Laura Swain finally cleared the way for an ...

A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail stating that it remained unconstitutionally dangerous for inmates.

center on Rikers Island in a significant setback for New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the Trump administration. Newsweek reached out to the mayor's office by email outside of normal business ...

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

A Manhattan judge is blocking Mayor Adams’ administration’s plan to let federal immigration agents operate on Rikers Island for at least another month with the extension of a temporary ...