A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...
US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” ...
A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal ...
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 has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand over management of its Rikers Island jail complex to a third ...
A federal judge held New York City in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to improve conditions at Rikers and other jails ...
NEW YORK CITY — New York City was found in civil contempt by a judge on Wednesday over the conditions on Rikers Island, ...
New York City was found in contempt Wednesday over “grave” conditions at Rikers Island — and a judge said she was “inclined” ...
A federal judge on Wednesday found New York City in contempt for failing to reel in the violence and excessive force at its ...
Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt on 18 separate counts, underscoring the city's failure to address issues ...
The extraordinary intervention would cede control of one of the nation’s largest, most notorious jail systems.