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 ...

When Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the parties in the Rikers Island litigation to come to a joint agreement on the potential structure and powers of a federal receiver tasked ...

They say if the board continues its current approach there will be years more of litigation with outcomes showing the board's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...