In a state that used to specialize in building prisons, the closures are a landmark. But they also mean there are fewer options for housing people from the city within the city.
Agenda 2019
Update: Parole Reforms Fall Short
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In an otherwise productive session for progressives, efforts to reform the state’s parole system fell short in Albany in the legislative season that ended this week.
Max & Murphy: Sizing Up the Race for Queens DA
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The 2019 Democratic primary for Queens district attorney is anything but drowsy, because it embodies the yawning gap between yesterday’s mainstream thinking on criminal justice and today’s.
Agenda 2019
Legislature Closing in on Narrow Reforms to the State’s Parole System
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Advocates believe the two bills under consideration would help, but say broader changes are needed to fix the system and facilitate the closure of Rikers Island.
Agenda 2019
Deep Disagreements Ahead of Key Hearing on Bronx Jail Site
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The division between people who support the de Blasio administration plan to site a new jail in the Bronx to facilitate the closing of Rikers and those who don’t is about a lot more than the location.
Congress
As Dems Press for Divestment, Feds Strike New Contract for City’s Lone Private Jail
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The US Marshals Service awarded the GEO Group a new contract to operate the the Queens Detention Facility
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: A Subway Ban Amounts to Exile for Sex Offenders
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‘An all-out ban on access to public transportation would create enormous barriers to successful reentry and rehabilitation.’
Agenda 2019
Review Begins of City’s Plan to Build Four New Jails en Route to Closing Rikers
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The number of outstanding questions reflects the size of the population involved, the magnitude of the construction projects the effort entails and the unique nature of building temporary housing for people who live there involuntarily.
JUSTICE
Feds Eye New Contract for City’s Only Private Jail, Which Can House ICE Detainees
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The Queens Detention Facility is New York City’s only privately run detention facility. It houses over 200 federal detainees for the US Marshals Service.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Criminal Justice Reform Hits Critical Juncture in Albany
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As the governor and state lawmakers wrestle with weighty issues like congestion pricing and marijuana legalization during the state budget process, hope has slightly dimmed that they will address the problems playing out in courtrooms and jail cells.
ACS
Tragedy, Advocates, Pols Paved Way for Bid to Keep Detained Youth Closer to Home
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A report says complicated backstory of the city-state Close to Home program—and its early success–are a model for youth-justice systems around the country.