Remediation manager” sounds more like a third-rank bureaucrat or elementary school reading specialist than a revolutionary ...

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

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

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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 ...

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that an independent manager be appointed to oversee the notorious jail complex ...

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 ...

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

A federal judge took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.

A federal judge in Manhattan has taken charge of reforming New York's Rikers Island jail complex, citing worsening violent ...

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.