New York Judge Laura Taylor Swain has taken over the Rikers Island jail complex due to ongoing alleged constitutional ...

Kalief Browder's death wasn't an accident or simply just a tragedy — it was murder by the system. #Massincarceration #racism ...

Steve J. Martin, who tracks conditions in the jails on behalf of federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain in the ongoing civil rights case known as Nunez v. the City of New York, said in his first update ...

A federal judge on Tuesday said she is taking control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail complex away from city officials and appointing an independent official to oversee it, citing a decade ...

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 seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under the ...

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.

But Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain’s order Tuesday kicking off the process to appoint such a manager marks a turning point in the horrific history of the city’s jails because of ...

What to KnowNew York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a federal judge found the city had failed to stem spiraling dysfunction ...

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 took the rare move to seize control of New York City's infamous Rikers Island prison complex on Tuesday. Why It Matters Advocates for years have raised concerns over the conditions at ...

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board asked Judge Laura Taylor Swain to rule now and move quickly to disclosure and confirmation ...

In a 77-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said the court will appoint a “remediation manager” who will work alongside the commissioner of the city’s Department of ...