Federal Judge Orders Appointment of Rikers Island Remediation Manager
5.13.2025 - After nearly a decade of oversight by a court-appointed monitor, the federal judge overseeing the city’s Department of Correction announced she will appoint an independent “remediation manager” to enact long-stalled reforms on Rikers Island. Laura Taylor Swain, the chief district judge for Manhattan federal court, ruled that the outside remediation manager should work in conjunction with the city’s DOC commissioner.
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