Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction ...

Laura Taylor Swain, a federal judge, seized control of New York City’s lockups, which have been rife with violence and ...

A federal judge has decided to take control of New York’s Rikers Island jail away from city officials due to years of worsening violence and dangerous conditions ...

New York City’s jails will get an outside manager to protect the constitutional rights of people in custody, a federal judge ...

New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a ...

A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail ...

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an official who reports to the court to run it.

Swain issued the order in Nunez v. City of New York, a 13-year-old class-action suit that the Legal Aid Society and the law ...

Federal judge orders external manager to take control of Rikers Island jail after reports of violence and mismanagement.

In her 77-page ruling, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took aim at the city Correctiin Department for failing to act as the situation at Rikers has worsened. She didn’t immediately ...

A federal judge in Manhattan has taken charge of reforming New York's Rikers Island jail complex, citing worsening violent conditions. Judge Laura Taylor Swain will appoint a 'remediation manager' ...