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CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: How States Can Help Incarcerated Mothers Stay Connected to Their Kids

Irina Fanarraga | May 6, 2022

“We must demand systemic changes to ensure that incarcerated mothers have the opportunity to be part of their kids’ lives. Not just during Mother’s Day, but all year round.”

Justice

Opinion: The History of Rikers Island Proves That Reform Isn’t Possible

Nicholas Barber | October 12, 2021

‘City leaders have asked for our trust to embark on yet another massive jail building spree, at the cost of almost $10 billion dollars. But we can learn from the history of “reform” on Rikers Island, and Blackwell’s Island before it.’

Opinion

Opinion: Solitary Confinement by Any Other Name is Still Solitary, and Needs to End

Terry Allen Kupers | August 6, 2021

‘New York City officials claim people in “alternatives to solitary” will have at least 10 hours of daily out-of-cell time, with counseling and programming. But their actual plan involves people being locked alone in a cell twenty-three hours a day, everyday, for indefinite periods of time.’

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Fixing Jail Violence Means Worrying About Officers’ Health

David A. Fullard | November 7, 2014

Amid the outrage over treatment of jail inmates, corrections officials must also think about how the system treats its employers.Nationwide, COs have a suicide rate 39 percent higher than the rest of the working-age population.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Rikers Scandal: Key Leaders Are Between Policymakers, Prisoners

David A. Fullard | September 23, 2014

The revelations about systemic brutality in the city’s jails point to the critical role that captains—the first layer of leadership over correction officers—play.

Investigations

Even Model NYS Inmates Face Steep Barriers to Parole

Bill Hughes | September 17, 2014

The state’s approval rate for parole applications has been sliced in half since 2005. Inmates convicted of high-profile crimes face almost insurmountable barriers—because of politics, not the penal code.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Report Finds 'Epidemic' of Aging in Prison

Jarrett Murphy | August 8, 2014

One increasingly common facet of the problem: Elderly prisoners with dementia so pronounced they cannot remember the crime for which they are incarcerated.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

What Was the Bloomberg Admin. Saying About Jail Violence?

Jarrett Murphy | August 5, 2014

A look back at annual reports on jail conditions shows an emphasis on progress being made, but also an acknowledgement of an increasing violence problem.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

How to Stop an Explosion of Violence on Rikers Island

David A. Fullard | May 7, 2014

Amid a sharp increase in fights and injuries, a former corrections officer lays out a plan to avoid more bloodshed.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Attica Must Be Shut Down

Soffiyah Elijah | September 24, 2012

The head of the nonprofit Correctional Association argues that Attica Correctional Facility should be closed—not because of its tragic history, but because of a present-day atmosphere of hostility and harsh treatment.

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