New York City found in contempt over conditions in city jails ...Middle East

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 and violence. Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan issued a written ruling finding the city in contempt over 18 separate contempt claims. The ruling stemmed from litigation that began in 2012 with accusations by the Legal Aid Society and others that the city’s Department of Correction had engaged in a pattern of excessive and unnecessary force in city jails. Despite a settlement and consent decree agreed to in October 2015, the judge says conditions have worsened over the last decade

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