{"id":120513,"date":"2026-02-02T20:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120513\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:59:07","slug":"after-years-of-dysfunction-rikers-faces-federal-control-and-new-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120513\/","title":{"rendered":"After years of dysfunction, Rikers faces federal control and new leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY CARTER MYERS-BROWN<\/p>\n<p>Posted 2\/6\/26<\/p>\n<p>In the latest major shakeup for New York City\u2019s jail system, two new stewards of Rikers Island appointed just days apart are poised to impose stronger oversight on the troubled jail complex after years of dysfunction and mounting questions about management.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a federal judge overseeing the city\u2019s jails appointed Nicholas Deml, a former CIA officer, as remediation manager for Rikers Island, effectively removing the city&#8217;s mayor as the primary decision-maker for the jail complex.<\/p>\n<p>This item is available in full to subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tAttention subscribers<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWe have recently launched a new and improved website. 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