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

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 ...

Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction ...

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

A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to oversee the cleanup of Rikers Island. New York City has lost control of the infamous jail. The decision was filed as ...

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

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that an independent manager be appointed to oversee the notorious jail complex ...

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