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The Rikers Island jail complex stands with the Manhattan skyline in the background, June 20, 2014, in New York. A federal judge agreed Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, to begin a process that could wrest control of New York City’s troubled jail system from Mayor Eric Adams and place a court-appointed outside authority in charge of Rikers Island. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The Rikers Island jail complex stands with the Manhattan skyline in the background, June 20, 2014, in New York. A federal judge agreed Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, to begin a process that could wrest control of New York City’s troubled jail system from Mayor Eric Adams and place a court-appointed outside authority in charge of Rikers Island. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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