A onetime CIA officer and former Vermont corrections commissioner, Deml was selected by Judge Laura Taylor Swain to implement sweeping jail reforms.

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

The mayor appeared with Jimmy Fallon and made a joke, but also urged New Yorkers to stay inside during the freezing weather.

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 ...

Nicholas Deml, former Vermont corrections chief, has been appointed as federal overseer of NYC's Rikers Island jail complex.