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

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 ...

In her bombshell decision, Manhattan Federal Court Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain found that the city Department of Correction has failed to make meaningful progress on 18 sweeping reforms ...

NEW YORK -- A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal takeover. Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city and the ...

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 ...

What you need to know: ・The 65-page ruling: Judge Laura Taylor Swain found NYC and its Department of Correction violated the constitutional rights of both prisoners and staffers by exposing them ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.