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

A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment ...

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

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

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 ...

A federal judge on Tuesday said she is taking control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail complex away from city ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rikers Island will be taken out of city control, and an outside official will report directly to a federal judge. The judge, Laura Taylor Swain, ruled the remediation manager will ...

On Tuesday, Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York Laura Taylor Swain, a Clinton appointee, in a 77-page ruling, ...

A federal judge in Manhattan has taken charge of reforming New York's Rikers Island jail complex, citing worsening violent ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that an independent official will be appointed to oversee the Rikers Island jail complex, ...