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 ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has ...

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

A federal judge on Tuesday said she is taking control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail complex away from city ...

Rikers Island, which has long drawn ire over its conditions, won't be within New York City's purview during the transition.

New York City’s jails will get an outside manager to protect the constitutional rights of people in custody, a federal judge ...

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

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 ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain criticized the city's conduct in a 77-page ruling. A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be ...