Nolveiro Vera Ordonez was hauled into court on theft charges and pleaded to be sent to jail while ICE agents waited outside ...

A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...

The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded himself on Rikers Island.

It took a federal judge to do what at least three administrations would not when it came to Rikers Island: order an end to the mayhem.

Calling the conditions at Rikers Island “dangerous and unsafe,” federal Judge Laura Swain finally cleared the way for an independent manager — that is, a federal receiver — to take control ...

A federal judge on Tuesday stripped New York City of its control over the Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be run by a third-party “remediation manager.” This comes after the same judge ...

A federal judge took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.

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 seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under ...

A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment of an independent manager to fix rampant violence and persistent ...

A federal judge has ordered an outside official to take over control of much of New York City's jail system after local officials failed to stem high rates of violence.

A federal judge on 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.