Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A federal judge 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. In the ...

State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III and state lawmakers may have ...

Legislation passed by the New York City Council in 2019 requires the closure of Rikers Island prison by 2027 and new jails to replace it.

Outside official will take over deadly Rikers Island jail, judge orders - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...

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

Mike Braun wants the Indiana Department of Correction ... Indiana State Prison in Michigan City was at 97.1% capacity that month while the 3,014-bed Westville Correctional Facility was at 91.7 ...

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

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

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 ...

Swain issued the order in Nunez v. City of New York, a 13-year-old class-action suit that the Legal Aid Society and the law ...

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that an independent manager be appointed to oversee the notorious jail complex ...