A federal judge has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand over management of its Rikers Island jail complex to a third ...

A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...

NEW YORK – A judge on Wednesday found New York City in contempt for failing to staunch violence and brutality at its jails, a ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...

A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal ...

A federal judge held New York City in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to improve conditions at Rikers and other jails ...

NEW YORK CITY — New York City was found in civil contempt by a judge on Wednesday over the conditions on Rikers Island, ...

While plans are on track to close Rikers Island by 2027, a federal judge ordered the city to submit proposals for structural ...

The judge found that conditions have only continued to worsen at the jail complex, setting up a potential federal takeover.

In a 65-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Laura Swain of the Southern District of New York found the city in contempt on ...