Federal Judge Tells New York City To Brace for Takeover of Rikers After Contempt Finding
A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the ...
Federal Judge Finds New York City in Contempt Over Jail Conditions
Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt on 18 separate counts, underscoring the city's failure to address issues ...
New York City Held in Contempt Over Failure to Fix Rikers Island
A federal judge held New York City’s Department of Correction in contempt for failing to institute reforms at Rikers Island ...
New York City found in contempt over conditions in city jails
Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan issued a written ruling finding the city in contempt over 18 separate contempt claims.
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New York City's Push To Ban Mail at Rikers Was Based on Drug Test Kits With an 85 Percent Error Rate
In 2022, former New York City Department of Corrections Commissioner Louis Molina testified before the city council about the flood of fentanyl coming into Rikers Island, the city's infamous jail ...
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Federal judge holds New York City in contempt for violence in city jails
Chief US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain found New York City in contempt Wednesday for failing to reduce violence and brutality in the Rikers Island complex. Judge Swain said the city was placing ...
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Homeless man’s alleged killing spree exposes NYC’s ‘whole rotten system’
New York City Department of Correction spokesperson Latima Johnson said. In May, police records obtained by CNN show, Rivera spent time at the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan ...