Last Tuesday, Laura Taylor Swain, the chief district judge for Manhattan federal court, ruled that she will soon appoint an independent “remediation manager” to enact stalled reforms.

In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that manager will "support remediation of the ... of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager This past ...

The recently announced federal-court takeover of Rikers Island was a long-overdue ... The jail is being placed under the control of a “remediation manager,” with all major decision-making ...

FILE - The Rikers Island jail complex is shown in ... The official, known as a “remediation manager,” will report directly to the court. While the city’s corrections commissioner will ...

A New York City jail barge in the Bronx is set to be removed to make room for a marine terminal, creating a new spot for ...

Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction commissioners joined forces to urge the federal judge overseeing Rikers Island ..

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News has investigated the violence, the staffing levels, even the sexual abuse allegations inside Rikers Island. Now, we're getting an exclusive look at some of the ...

Rikers Island is a humanitarian crisis, especially for those with severe mental illness. Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not ...

RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – A court hearing held in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday aimed to determine whether ICE and other federal agencies can set up shop on Rikers Island. A state judge in ...

The City Council has filed a lawsuit to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration authorities to open an office on Rikers Island. The suit, lodged in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday ...