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 ...

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 ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has ...

In a 77-page decision, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said she would select a "remediation manager," ...

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

A federal judge has ordered an outside official to take over control of much of New York City's jail system after local ...

Rikers Island, which has long drawn ire over its conditions, won't be within New York City's purview during the transition.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that an independent manager be appointed to oversee the notorious jail complex ...

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

Rikers Island will soon be run by a court-appointed official after a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the troubled jail ...

A federal judge took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.