New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy spoke with Marcia Kramer on this week's episode ...

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 ...

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

A federal judge has decided to take control of New York’s Rikers Island jail away from city officials due to years of ...

Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that an independent official will be appointed to oversee the Rikers Island jail complex, ...

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

New York City will no longer control its jail system and an outside manager will take over, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

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

A federal judge has stripped New York City of control over its jails, citing years of violence and neglect at the notorious ...

A federal judge on Tuesday stripped New York City of its control over the Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous ... Manhattan U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain will "appoint a 'remediation manager' to address the deeply entrenched problems at the sprawling ...