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There’s new attention to problems diagnosing inmates at Rikers with mental illness. But what about people on the autism spectrum, with a low IQ or dealing with a learning disability?

ByBen Hattem 5Comments

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Oct 2016

Justice Video

Video: Violence in the City Jails and the Push to Close Rikers

A reform advocate, a former inmate and the head of the correction officers union discussed where the reforms of Rikers stand, whether they go far enough and what’s driving the…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Sep 2016

ARTS and CULTURE In Depth

Re-enter, Stage Right: Out of Prison and Into the Arts

‘People tend to have a stereotyped notion of who’s incarcerated and I think when they see people presenting their lives or being creative, they have to reconsider.’

ByBrooke L. Williams 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Education Justice Podcasts

Audio: Young Men in Harlem Grab a Second Chance After Arrests

One young man did time upstate for a crime he says he didn’t do. Another waited two years to have a case against him dismissed. Both got involved with a…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: Is Rikers Island Exporting Knife Violence?

Is the uptick in knife violence on the streets a reflection of the increase in conflict inside the city’s jails?

ByDavid A. Fullard 1Comment

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Mar 2016

Justice

New York’s Bail Reforms Making Little Impact, Lawyers Say

A move by the state courts to review bail decisions comes too late in the process to make a difference, defense attorneys report.

ByWendy Davis 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Investigations Justice

The Perils and Potential of Closing Rikers Island

City Limits contacted all 51 members of the City Council, the five borough presidents and the three citywide officials to ask whether they support closing Rikers.

ByEd Morales 5Comments

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Nov 2015

Justice

Jailing New York: A Photo Essay

George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island, seen from the Bronx. The Vernon C. Bain Center, a jail barge docked off the South Bronx. The Brooklyn House of Detention. In the face…

ByAdi Talwar 0Comments

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Dec 2014

Justice

Solving Jail Mental Health Crisis … Before Jail

Reforms unveiled this week by the de Blasio administration were cast as an effort to improve services for the mentally ill on Rikers Island. But much of the plan focuses…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

NYC Jails Fail to Identify Prisoners With Cognitive Problems

Video: Violence in the City Jails and the Push to Close Rikers

Re-enter, Stage Right: Out of Prison and Into the Arts

Audio: Young Men in Harlem Grab a Second Chance After Arrests

CityViews: Is Rikers Island Exporting Knife Violence?

New York’s Bail Reforms Making Little Impact, Lawyers Say

The Perils and Potential of Closing Rikers Island

Jailing New York: A Photo Essay

Solving Jail Mental Health Crisis … Before Jail

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