NEW YORK CITY — New York City was found in civil contempt by a judge on Wednesday over the conditions on Rikers Island, setting up a possible federal takeover. Judge Laura Taylor Swain — in a ...

Chief U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain partially denied and partially granted motions to dismiss filed by each company against the other. Swain is permitting both sides 21 days to refile ...

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled that the city had placed detainees in “unconstitutional danger” by neglecting 18 court-ordered reforms addressing security, staffing, use of force ...

The case, filed in the Southern District of New York, was swiftly dismissed by Chief U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ...

each told THE CITY that they’d consider serving in the role if asked by Judge Laura Taylor Swain. The receiver may be someone who has zero experience running a jail but will likely be someone ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan issued a written ruling finding the city in contempt over 18 separate contempt claims. "The use of force rate and other rates of violence, self-harm ...

A self-proclaimed member of the Sinaloa drug cartel imprisoned in Colorado filed a new lawsuit against disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment, claiming that the ...

A female defendant deemed "despicable" by a judge for stealing Ashley Biden's diary has been sentenced to one month in prison. Aimee Harris was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Laura Taylor Swain in ...

Manhattan federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain further cited skyrocketing stabbing numbers and prisoner injury data as a reasons for a possible federal monitor to be installed at Rikers Island.