Once more, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has found the city and the Department of Correction in contempt of ...
A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued a ruling on Wednesday that detailed the city's failure in addressing use of ...
The judge said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” by failing to comply with 18 separate ...
A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...
NEW YORK CITY — New York City was found in civil contempt by a judge on Wednesday over the conditions on Rikers Island, ...
US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” ...
A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a ...
A federal judge is likely to employ a rarely used remedy to try to fix longstanding problems in the city’s jails. But it’s ...
A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the ...
Chief US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain found New York City in contempt Wednesday for failing to reduce violence and brutality in the Rikers Island complex. Judge Swain said the city was placing ...