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Housing and Homelessness

As NYC’s Jail Crisis Worsens, Stable Housing Could Be the Difference Between Rikers and Release

By David Brand | September 20, 2021

As a deepening humanitarian crisis inside the Rikers Island jail complex fuels efforts to release more detainees, a judge’s decision can come down to one key consideration: Do they have a stable address?

Health and Environment

Transparency Needed Over Rikers Island Heat Conditions, Legal Aid Lawsuit Alleges

By Liz Donovan | September 17, 2021

The Department of Correction (DOC) is refusing to disclose how it ensured the safety of inmates in its more restrictive housing units, including during a record-breaking heat wave this summer, two petitions filed in Queens court Thursday by the Legal Aid Society allege.

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York

As Conditions at Rikers Reach Crisis Levels, Concerns About Heat Persist

By Liz Donovan | September 13, 2021

Dozens of men splitting a single jug of water, sweating walls in cell units, inmates sucking air from cracks under doors—these are just some of the conditions inmates and advocates have reported from Rikers Island over the past few months. 

Opinion

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

By 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

Opinion: To Improve Public Safety in NYC, Send Fewer People to Jail

By Jonathan Lippman and Courtney Bryan | August 2, 2021

‘Jail separates people from work and family, jeopardizes stable housing, and subjects them to violence, especially in inhumane environments like Rikers. Incarceration must be the option of last resort, used only when it is essential for public safety.’

voting access

Advocates Continue to Press for In-Person Voting at NYC Jails

By Ese Olumhense | July 26, 2021

Between June 2020 and the end of June 2021, DOC officials submitted nearly 1,800 voter registrations, ballot requests, and ballots to the city Board of Elections on behalf of those detained in the jails. This includes more than 900 completed voter registration forms.

Election 2021
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Advocates Push to Bring Poll Sites to NYC Jails

By Jeanmarie Evelly | April 6, 2021

As the June primary election approaches, dvocacy groups have raised concerns about voting access at Rikers Island other facilities, saying New York should follow the lead of cities like Chicago, Los Angeles and D.C. in bringing in-person voting to jails.

The Coronavirus Crisis

NY’s Prisons & Jails Are ‘Hotbeds’ for COVID-19, Advocates Say in Call for Full Vaccine Access

By Jeanmarie Evelly | February 25, 2021

Earlier this month, the state began vaccinating incarcerated people 65 and older. But advocates, as well as local officials who run the city’s jails, want eligibility expanded to include all inmates, citing the extra risks posed by correctional facilities.

COVID-19
Rikers Island

City Officials Push State to Greenlight Vaccinations for New Yorkers in Jails

By Nicole Javorsky | January 19, 2021

So far, New York State has allowed the city to administer the vaccine only to the highest-risk patients behind bars, only about 100 people as of last week, according to one Correctional Health Services’ official.

The Coronavirus Crisis

Confusion Persists Around State’s Vaccine Plans for Incarcerated New Yorkers

By Nicole Javorsky | January 7, 2021

Criminal justice advocates slammed the mix messages for leaving thousands of families “wondering when their loved ones will gain access to vaccines.”

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