A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...

The judge said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” by failing to comply with 18 separate ...

A federal judge ruled the Adams administration is in contempt of the 2015 decree on all 18 points, including key measures ...

US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...

A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal ...

The finding was a landmark in a court case that has stretched out over more than a decade. Plans for a receivership of New ...

NEW YORK CITY — New York City was found in civil contempt by a judge on Wednesday over the conditions on Rikers Island, ...

A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the ...

The judge found that conditions have only continued to worsen at the jail complex, setting up a potential federal takeover.