New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court.

A federal judge ordered New York City to hand control of its troubled Rikers Island jail to an outside manager, capping a ...

A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run ...

A federal judge took the extraordinary step of stripping the city of its control over Rikers Island, ruling that City Hall ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Rikers Island is getting an independent, court-appointed manager to improve conditions and ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that an independent outside official will take control of Rikers Island from New York City in a sweeping ruling aimed at fixing years of violence and deteriorating ...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) is significantly trailing state Attorney General Ken Paxton in an internal GOP primary poll ...

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

In a highly anticipated 77-page ruling, Judge Laura Swain wrote that the receiver, which she called a “remediation manager,” ...

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

A federal judge ordered New York officials to hand control of the city’s troubled jail complex at Rikers Island to an outside ...