Judge Laura Taylor Swain said a “carousel” of jail leaders had failed to stop violence. She ordered lawyers for the city and prisoners to show her what a receivership might look like.

David Skeel points out that federal judge Laura Taylor Swain could serve as a counterweight to prevent the new composition ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain said a “carousel” of jail leaders had failed to stop violence. She ordered lawyers for the city and prisoners to show her what a receivership might look like.

But Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain’s order Tuesday kicking off the process to appoint such a manager marks a turning point in the horrific history of the city’s jails because of ...

Instead, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said she would appoint an outside manager to “take all necessary steps” toward restoring order inside the jails and bringing the city into ...

Once more, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has found the city and the Department of Correction in contempt of court — 18 counts this time around — for a lack of progress in ...

Steve J. Martin, who tracks conditions in the jails on behalf of federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain in the ongoing civil rights case known as Nunez v. the City of New York, said in his first update ...

When Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the parties in the Rikers Island litigation to come to a joint agreement on the potential structure and powers of a federal receiver tasked ...

This week, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain held oral arguments in the contempt motion against the city and the Department of Correction for its handling of the Rikers Island complex ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan issued a written ruling finding the city in contempt over 18 separate contempt claims.