The death toll at Rikers Island jumped to seven this year with two men dying at the notorious jail Friday, officials said.

After years of litigation, a federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to run Rikers Island and report directly to her, taking control of the troubled complex away from New York City.

City officials have now named both men who died in Department of Correction custody, just hours apart from each other in ...

One detainee was discovered in a cell at the Eric M. Taylor Center on Rikers Island. The second, sources said, appears to ...

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 the ...

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 appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island ... instead embracing the hybrid solution of a so-called remediation manager that would be appointed to work alongside DOC ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain said in a new ruling that she will appoint an independent “remediation manager” to improve conditions on Rikers Island, which has long been plagued by violence and ...

Rikers Island, which has long drawn ire over its conditions, won't be within New York City's purview during the transition.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to oversee the cleanup of Rikers Island. The decision was filed as part of Chief United States District Judge Laura ...