Dan Mannarino speaks with New York City Council Member, Sandy Nurse, about the city no longer fully controlling its jail ...

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

A federal judge on Tuesday stripped New York City of its control over Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be run ...

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 ...

“Though appointing an independent remediation manager is a necessary step towards accountability and bringing Rikers’ deadly ...

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

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that an independent official will be appointed to oversee the Rikers Island jail complex, ...

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

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