Rikers Island jail in NYC is undergoing a change of management due to years of constitutional violations

 

A federal judge has ordered the government to take over management of Rikers Island in New York City, along with other city correctional facilities, after years of constitutional and other violations.

On Tuesday, Clinton-appointed Southern District of New York Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered in a 77-page ruling that the infamous jail, along with the city's entire prison system, be run by an independent official reporting directly to the court.

Swain determined that conditions at the jail remained unconstitutionally dangerous, citing continued failures by the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) leadership to implement court-ordered reforms, Fox News reported.