Federal judge f-bombs Correction Department, NYC officials for withholding information in Rikers Island case

Key Facts

• There’s no mistaking Manhattan Federal Judge Colleen McMahon’s dislike of city Department of Correction stonewalling — ire she says has been building over her 24 years on the bench.
• “There is no agency that ... has been a more troublesome litigant in terms of, and you will excuse my language, ‘F--- you, judge, I’ll do what I want’ in that period than DOC,” McMahon said in open court on Friday.
• McMahon spoke during proceedings in a class action lawsuit over conditions and illegal detentions at Rikers Island.
• She prefaced her profane remark by stating: “I just want to lay my cards on the table in a manner that impresses everyone with how seriously I take this.”

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