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A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail ...

Laura Taylor Swain, a federal judge, seized control of New York City’s lockups, which have been rife with violence and ...

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.

A federal judge finally acknowledged that New York City won't fix the constitutional crisis at Rikers on its own, but the ...

In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has rightly ...

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

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that an independent official will be appointed to oversee the Rikers Island jail complex, ...

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.

On Tuesday, Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York Laura Taylor Swain, a Clinton appointee, in a 77-page ruling, ...