A Rikers Island Correction captain has been arrested for forcing her subordinates to pay her, buy her gifts and drive her to restaurants and a casino while on duty, according to federal prosecutors.

Latanya Brown, 51 - who was known as the  Terror of the Tombs  back when she worked at the Manhattan Detention Complex - sunk to criminal lows when she was transferred to Rikers Island in early 2024, according to a federal extortion and wage theft indictment unsealed in Brooklyn Thursday.

Brown was assigned to the jail complex's Facility Operations Department as a supervisor from July 2024 to November 2025. According to the indictment, she acted as a tyrant - threatening to mess with two of her subordinates' shifts and vacation requests, and deny overtime if she didn't get what she wanted.

What she wanted, the feds allege, was money, luxury goods and personal chauffeurs.

She demanded cash, paid over the Zelle app, a Louis Vuitton bag, and rides to restaurants, bars, personal appointments and a casino, the feds allege. And the two Department of Correction officers under her command complied, fearing what she would do if they said no, according to the indictment.

Brown also raked in the overtime - making more than $231,000 on top of her $125,855 salary in 2024, and more than $178,000 over her $130,260 salary last year, according to the feds.

But more than 100 times, she falsely claimed she worked her full shift even though she left early, sometimes ditching work to spend time at the Empire City Casino in Yonkers, the feds say.

 As alleged, the defendant brazenly abused her authority as a law enforcement supervisor to steal taxpayer money and terrorize her subordinates by shaking them down for money, expensive gifts, and chauffeuring her to run personal errands, including trips to a casino while she was on duty,  U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella said.

Brown made headlines back in 2018, when the Daily News obtained audio recordings of her cursing out the Correction officers under her command at the Manhattan Detention Complex.

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Two Correction officers sued the city a year later, alleging

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