The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

From Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain's decision in Swaby v. HBO (S.D.N.Y.) Friday: Plaintiff Errol Jacob Jones Swaby, a citizen of California who appears pro se, … sues Home Box Office ...

In an opinion and order issued Tuesday, Chief U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York Laura Taylor Swain wrote that she was "inclined to impose a receivership" after finding that ...

Chief U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the prison was in contempt of orders to improve the ‘grave’ conditions inside. ‘Those who live and work in the jails on Rikers Island are ...

In her bombshell decision, Manhattan Federal Court Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain found that the city Department of Correction has failed to make meaningful progress on 18 sweeping reforms ...

NEW YORK -- A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal takeover. Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city and the ...

It appears likely that Judge Laura Taylor Swain will soon take the dramatic step of appointing a federal receiver to oversee Rikers. If the judge does choose to appoint a receiver, she will need to ...

What you need to know: ・The 65-page ruling: Judge Laura Taylor Swain found NYC and its Department of Correction violated the constitutional rights of both prisoners and staffers by exposing them ...

On Nov. 27, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain held the city in contempt of multiple court orders and said she is “inclined” to appoint a receiver with broad powers to run the jail system.

The bombshell ruling from Manhattan Federal Court Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain found that the city has failed to implement 18 sweeping reforms NYC agreed to enact under the 2015 Nunez federal ...