A federal judge on Tuesday said she is taking control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail complex away from city officials and appointing an independent official to oversee it, citing a decade ...

ICE wants an office inside NYC’s notorious Rikers Island jail. A judge might end those hopes - New York City Mayor Eric Adams ...

A state judge in New York has extended a temporary restraining order barring federal immigration officials from setting up a ...

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.

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 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News has investigated the violence, the staffing levels, even the sexual abuse allegations inside Rikers Island. Now, we're getting an exclusive look at some of the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A federal judge Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island ... violent and inhumane conditions inside the jail for years.

NEW YORK -- A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will ... violent and inhumane conditions inside the jail for years.

Rikers Island is ... a request by New York." This could mark a turning point for a jail that has been besieged by a "decade of worsening violent and dangerous conditions inside the facility ...