Chaos Reigns Over NYC’s Rikers Island as Federal Judge Takes Control** In a shocking development that underscores the failures of progressive policies in America's largest cit ...

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

With the court orders that allowed the city to seal illicit cannabis stores starting to expire, questions remain about ...

The historic step, taking control of the jails away from the city, is "a drastic and necessary measure to save lives," ...

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

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A federal judge Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court. In the ...

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 ...

New York City will no longer control its jail system and an outside manager will take over, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

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

New York City's troubled jail system will be put under the watch of an independent monitor after a federal judge seized ...

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

Amid ongoing chaos and violence, a federal judge has finally taken decisive action to seize control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, citing years of mismanagement and neglect by city ...