This just in: the federal government has seized control of Rikers Island prison from New York City! Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled that control of Rikers Island will now be handed over to the U.S. government because New York City could not remedy the ongoing violence and issues happening at the notorious prison. Check out the breaking news: BREAKING: The U.S Government takes control of New York’s Rikers Island Prison. pic.twitter.com/Ortt8BJ8pl — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 13, 2025 BREAKING: A federal judge has seized control of Rikers Island from New York City. The jail complex will now be placed under federal oversight, with a court-appointed receiver taking charge. More updates to follow. — Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) May 13, 2025 ABC News reported: A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City’s notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court. In a 77-page ruling, Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that she found the conduct of the city over the last nine years “leaves no doubt that continued insistence on compliance with the court’s orders by persons answerable principally to political authorities would lead only to confrontation and delay.” She also wrote “that the current management structure and staffing are insufficient to turn the tide within a reasonable period; that defendants have consistently fallen short of the requisite compliance with court orders for years, at times under circumstances that suggest bad faith; and that enormous resources — that the city devotes to a system that is at the same time overstaffed and underserved — are not being deployed effectively.” The New York Post explained further: The order comes months after Swain found the Big Apple to be in contempt of a 2015 court order and settlement agreement to drastically reform the violence-plagued system — a task that previously fell to a court-appointed monitor who spent years growing more and more frustrated with city and jail officials’ alleged stonewalling. Now the monitor is out — and the city will no longer control the jails until conditions are improved. “The continued existence of extremely dangerous and unsafe conditions led the Court to hold Defendants in contempt of a staggering eighteen provisions of the Nunez Court Orders and indicates that the Department has not yet taken the bold steps required to move the jails toward safety levels that comply with the Constitution,” the judge wrote. Mayor Eric Adams tried to downplay the stunning snatching of power and pointed the finger at progressive laws that have barred the city from investing in infrastructure on Rikers. “We’ve talked about Rikers over and over again,” Hizzoner said during his weekly news conference. “The problems on Rikers were decades in the making. If a federal judge made a determination that we did something they didn’t like, then we are going to follow the rules.” Although the official reason that the U.S. government has taken control over Rikers Island is to fix the horrible mismanagement, Tom Homan said a few months ago that he wants to use the prison to house illegal criminals… Remember this clip? #BREAKING: The U.S. government has now SEIZED CONTROL of the notorious Rikers Island Prison from NYC Tom Homan has said he plans on filling it up with illegals. “I want EVERY illegal. I don’t care if you’re booked for shoplifting. You’re going to Rikers Island,” Homan said… pic.twitter.com/TALxpeHxfe — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 13, 2025 Is this a sign of major things to come?.. Rikers Island or Alcatraz. Lock-em up from coast to coast! Start with these traitors. pic.twitter.com/HpaDRv8okt — jeff (@jeffmartens19) May 13, 2025