Laurelton: After reading Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio’s statement heavily contesting ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote in her recent findings of contempt against the city and the DOC, “the last nine years also leave no doubt that continued insistence on ...

The scathing, 65-page contempt order by Manhattan federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain blasted the city for rising deaths of inmates, skyrocketing “uses of force” by correction officers ...

On Nov. 27, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is overseeing the Nunez class action which led to the creation of the monitor in 2015, found the city in contempt of numerous court orders ...

and there has been no substantial reduction in the risk of harm currently facing those who live and work in the Rikers Island jails,” Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote in her scathing ruling.

The ruling by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain, issued last week, blasted the city's Department of Correction for failing to make "meaningful progress" on reforms required under ...

Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the federal court in Manhattan sentenced him to 18 months home confinement and three years probation. Tournant's defense lawyers had urged Swain to spare him ...

There remains no clear path on how to best reduce the debt of Puerto Rico’s power utility, a mediation team warned US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is overseeing the seven-year bankruptcy.

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.

A federal judge found New York City in contempt on Wednesday over conditions in its city jails, saying conditions have only worsened in the nine years since the city settled accusations of abuse ...