The judge named Nicholas Deml to oversee the city jail, a change that will test Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ability to work with ...

Rikers Island's new remediation manager, who was named on Tuesday, will have authority even beyond that of the city’s ...

Leadership of the notoriously problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex has officially fallen into federal hands with the ...

A federal judge chose an ex-CIA officer and Vermont corrections commissioner to lead operations at the troubled Rikers Island ...

The notoriously violent Rikers is supposed to close in 2027 and be replaced with four smaller jails dispersed across the city ...

After more than a decade of failed reforms, mounting deaths, and repeated warnings from the courts, a federal judge on Tuesday took the extraordinary step of wresting control of New York City’s jail ...

Nick Deml, the former commissioner for the Vermont Department of Corrections has been appointed by a federal judge to take ...

After years of court battles, debate, and continued concerns about violence and excessive force plaguing the troubled jails system, a federal judge officially appointed former CIA officer Nicholas ...

Jail watchdogs found that correctional officers and medical staff on Rikers Island abandoned their posts and failed to check ...

After finding the city in contempt of 18 court orders to reduce violence and the use of excessive force on Rikers Island in ...

Nicholas Deml, former CIA and Vermont official, is appointed as Rikers Island's new remediation manager with significant reform authority.

This year, seven large illuminated menorahs and five inflatable menorahs stood across Rikers Island, visible as you approach ...