A federal judge has ... the closure of Rikers by August 2027 barred the city from making capital improvements at the jail complex, Adams said. "We can't spend money on Rikers Island to improve ...

Calling the conditions at Rikers Island ... Judge Laura Swain finally cleared the way for an independent manager — that is, a federal receiver — to take control over the city’s jail ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a federal judge found the city had failed to stem spiraling ...

A federal judge on Monday ruled that the Trump administration’s takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was unlawful, and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt a plan allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex ahead of a hearing ...

A maintenance worker at a New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped has been arrested and accused of helping facilitate the ...

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an official who reports to the court to run it. WABC reporter NJ Burkett ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — First Deputy Mayor of New York City, Randy Mastro, joins Pix and Politics to talk about Rikers Island and the city losing control. A Federal Judge is giving it to an appointed ...

Inmates on Rikers Island are on ... diabetes is under control or not…. those who need to access the methadone clinic haven’t been able to do so,” Ramos said. Biaggi said she saw people coughing up ...