Closing Rikers will mean new or bigger jails in at least four neighborhoods. New York City already has 14 correctional Institutions besides those on the notorious Island. Most are barely noticed.
Ever wonder what the story was behind that sign you saw as the protest march walked by?
It looks like the warehouse it once was. But the Queens Detention Facility, operated by the second largest private prison company in the world, currently houses approximately 210 detainees.
‘Low level’ police interactions in historically overpoliced neighborhoods can escape scrutiny altogether, since they don’t have to be reported.
Hear from Richard Aborn of the Citizens Crime Commission, Nick Suplina of Everytown for Gun Safety, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Liz Glazer of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, Heidi Hynes from the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center in the Bronx and Detectives’ Endowment Association president Michael Palladino.
While much of today’s public discourse on guns is focused on school shootings, advocates say there’s still plenty of work to be done when it comes to urban gun violence that’s less headline-grabbing.
Two veteran advocates for the arrested, the incarcerated and the recently released say that from bail reform to parole, Rikers to homeless shelters, the criminal justice system continues to damage people at high cost to taxpayers.
Alleged victims of guardianship abuse and trust fraud have come forward to say that Eric Schneiderman’s office refused to investigate their complaints.
New York state’s prison population is getting smaller. It is also getting older.
Elected officials and criminal justice advocates are calling for the city and Mayor Bill de Blasio to shut down the five-story Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center in the Bronx.
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