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With Rikers Island in federal receivership, what’s next for the troubled facility?

By Adam Daly Posted on May 14, 2025

Rikers Island will soon be run by a court-appointed official after a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the troubled jail complex into receivership — a rare and sweeping intervention meant to end years of violence, mismanagement, and constitutional violations that the city failed to correct.

The decision makes Rikers Island the 13th jail or prison system in the nation to fall under federal receivership since 1979.

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With Rikers Island in federal receivership, what’s next for the troubled facility?

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