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CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Planned Borough-Based Jails are a Chance for a ‘Radically Different’ System

By Stanley Richards | May 11, 2022

“Concerns about the creation of ‘mega jails’ have hounded the plans to close the jails on Rikers Island since before the historic vote in 2019. It has served as a useful boogeyman for opponents of the Rikers closure plan, especially in Manhattan. It’s also a fabrication.”

Health and Environment

Opinion: For The Sake Of Public Health and Safety, Pass The Treatment Not Jail Act

By Jeffrey Berman and Katherine LeGeros Bajuk | May 4, 2022

“Treatment Not Jail offers the possibility of mental health treatment courts for all justice-involved New Yorkers and improves upon the prevailing model of drug courts.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Supportive Housing Can Help Break the Cycle Between Homelessness and Incarceration

By Patricia Hernandez, Bea De la Torre, JoAnne Page and Cynthia Stuart | May 2, 2022

“Deeply affordable housing with supportive services for this population has a proven track record of success and hits all the Adams administration’s goals of efficiency, smart government, addressing problems at their root, and getting things done.”

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COVID-19 Surge at Rikers Begins to Decline, But Chaotic Conditions Persist

By Jeanmarie Evelly | January 12, 2022

The 7-day positivity rate in New York City jails was just over 19 percent on Sunday—down from nearly 37 percent just a week prior, the most recent data shows. But the humanitarian crisis at Rikers Island continues unabated, attorneys representing those behind bars testified Tuesday.

The Coronavirus Crisis

Renewed Calls for City to Reduce Jail Population as Omicron Cases Skyrocket

By Jeanmarie Evelly | December 31, 2021

The 7-day positivity rate for those in the jail system who’ve been tested for the virus was more than 29 percent on Thursday, compared to 23 percent of city residents overall. But those in custody are much less likely to be vaccinated: just 38.4 percent have received both shots, compared to 72.3 percent of all New Yorkers.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Transferring Women and Trans NYers From Rikers to Prison is Not the Solution

By Sharon White-Harrigan | November 10, 2021

‘The number one priority for both city and state government right now must be to create a humane, accessible trauma-responsive center in New York City for the small population of women and gender-expansive people that will remain incarcerated.’

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Advocates, Attorneys Push Back Against Plan to Transfer Women and Transgender People Off Rikers

By Jeanmarie Evelly | October 19, 2021

Beginning this week, the city and state will begin transferring around 230 detainees being held at the troubled New York City jail complex to state correctional facilities in Westchester, what they say will help ease the ongoing humanitarian crisis at Rikers. But advocates are worried about the impact of the move, some calling it rushed and misguided.

Justice

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

By 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: I’m Writing This From Rikers Island. I Hope You Get the Help I Didn’t

By Jiovani Sanchez | October 4, 2021

‘I’m telling my story in the hope that fewer people like me, struggling with drug use and mental health issues, end up in here. I am writing to ask the New York State government to pass the Treatment Not Jail Act, which would mean people who get arrested because they really need help actually get treatment, and not jail.’

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Opinion: Mayor de Blasio Must Act Now to Make ‘Renewable Rikers’ Part of His Legacy

By Eileen M. Maher | September 29, 2021

‘This month, the mayor announced he will be reopening one of the closed jails on Rikers to accommodate the rising jail population driven by unchecked fear mongering from his police commissioner. This is the wrong move, especially under the horrific conditions in which people are currently being held.’

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