US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” ...
The finding was a landmark in a court case that has stretched out over more than a decade. Plans for a receivership of New ...
A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...
A federal judge held New York City in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to improve conditions at Rikers and other jails ...
A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal ...
NEW YORK -- A federal judge found New York City in contempt on Wednesday over conditions in its city jails, saying conditions ...
Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt on 18 separate counts, underscoring the city's failure to address issues ...
A federal judge found New York City in contempt Wednesday over conditions in city jails, citing that conditions have only ...
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.