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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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

Nick Deml, former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections, will lead the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. Federal district judge Laura Taylor Swain picked Deml for the role ...

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

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

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