A Correction captain on Rikers Island who cost the city $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim has been named in yet ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt on 18 separate counts, underscoring the city's failure to address issues ...

Harvey Weinstein is suing New York City and its Department of Correction, alleging negligence and failure to provide adequate ...

A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the ...

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

A federal judge held New York City’s Department of Correction in contempt for failing to institute reforms at Rikers Island ...

NEW YORK -- A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday ... Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city and the Department of Correction in civil contempt over 18 separate claims of failing to rectify use ...

The finding was a landmark in a court case that has stretched out over more than a decade. Plans for a receivership of New York City’s jails will be heard on Jan. 14.

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers filed a legal claim alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...

A federal judge found City in contempt for its failure to stem violence at its notorious Rikers Island prison complex, as ...