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

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“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 ...

Court mandates reform for NYC's Rikers Island and appoints a remediation manager to address the jail's issues.

A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail ...

Legislation passed by the New York City Council in 2019 requires the closure of Rikers Island prison by 2027 and new jails to replace it.