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Federal Judge Removes NYC Jails From Full Local Control, Will Appoint Outside Manager
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 firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady and Ward filed against the city over brutality in its jails.
Judge orders ‘remediation manager’ to oversee Rikers Island jails
New York City’s jails will get an outside manager to protect the constitutional rights of people in custody, a federal judge announced Tuesday. Judge Laura Taylor Swain said in a new ruling that she will appoint an independent “remediation manager” to improve conditions on Rikers Island,
Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has ...
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that an independent official will be appointed to oversee the Rikers Island jail complex, ...
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