A federal judge has found New York City in contempt over conditions in Rikers Island’s jails, saying that violence inside has only gotten worse since a 2015 consent decree and the subsequent appointment of a federal monitor.
The written ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan found the city and the Department of Correction in contempt of 18 separate claims, and included a strong indication that she could order a complete federal takeover of the long-troubled jail.
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