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

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

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

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

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy spoke with Marcia Kramer on this week's episode ...

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

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

After years of litigation, a federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to run Rikers Island and report directly to her, taking control of the troubled complex away from New York City.

Through the receivership order, the city will transfer power over local jails to a third-party expert appointed by the federal courts.

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 ...

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