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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ruled Tuesday that an independent outside official will take control of Rikers Island from New York City in a sweeping ruling aimed at fixing years of violence and deteriorating ...

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

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.

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