Now that they’ll be counted in their hometowns rather than where they’re incarcerated, state inmates could shift district lines. One thing neither they nor parollees can do, however, is vote.
A report questions whether increasing the number of solitary cells in the city’s jails is a wise move. Our weekly round-up of policy reports also looks at new findings on climate change, living wages and community colleges.
It’s hard for many New Yorkers to find an apartment they can afford. Those getting out of jail or prison face even steeper obstacles—especially those who need not just a place to sleep, but some help adjusting to life on the outside.
Critics on the left say the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative misses the mark, and those on the right say it reflects old thinking. But a former City Hall adviser writes that there’s more to the idea than the skeptics realize.
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Despite their traditional appeal as a way to get tough kids off the street, youth boxing programs are struggling to survive as foundations favor programs whose success is easier to measure.
Hoping to reduce fights, prevent suicide and help inmates avoid returning to jail, New York is changing the way it evaluates new prisoners—and building a new jail. Advocates are split on whether that will solve the problem.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is off Rikers Island. Most of the inmates he left behind haven’t been convicted of anything. They’re awaiting trial. And most are waiting behind bars because they can’t afford to be free.
This fall, voters will decide on a minor change to rules governing the location of sewage plants and garbage stations. But environmental advocates and community planners wanted more.
Opponents of a city plan to build a 2,000-bed jail in Hunts Point are celebrating. Citing the economy, the city has decided not to build it. And as a bonus it's moving the jail barge anchored near the Fulton Fish Market to Rikers Island. The whole story is in The Hunts Point Express.