Campaign 2017: The Policy Shop
Election 2017 Policy Brief: Closing Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
There will be questions about this topic during the mayoral race. The bigger questions will be answered down the line.
Election 2017
De Blasio and the Difficult Task of Closing Rikers Island
Jarrett Murphy |
The biggest reason for the doubts about de Blasio’s devotion to closing Rikers is that doing so will require tough decisions in a policy area where this mayor faces unusually high expectations and especially acute risks.
bail
Brooklyn DA Hopefuls Stake Out Positions on Bail Reform, Key to Closing Rikers
Theodore Hamm |
A point of contention among the candidates is how much the DA’s office is currently doing to limit the use of bail in cases involving alleged misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.
arrests
CityViews: Lots of Talk About Closing Rikers, Not Enough About Shutting ‘Broken Windows’
Theodore Hamm |
Amidst the splash created by Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to close Rikers, it’s somewhat surprising that there hasn’t been more attention to the future of broken-windows policing.
Closing Rikers
Closing Rikers Goes from Pipe Dream to Policy
Jarrett Murphy |
The city will sweat the details for a long time. But let’s give de Blasio his due for putting his stamp on history.
No BackSpace: Shackling Inmates Will Only Make Rikers Violence Worse
David A. Fullard |
A veteran DOC officer writes: ‘We simply must develop the will to expend the money for services and staff, rather than on restraint chairs and solitary cells.’
Justice
Reports Indicate City’s Progress is Slow on Mental Health Planning for Inmates
Roshan Abraham |
Thirteen years after settling a case over mental-health discharge planning for people leaving Rikers, New York is getting closer to the goals it agreed to. But looming changes in federal policy could create new obstacles.
Investigations
NYC Jails Fail to Identify Prisoners With Cognitive Problems
Ben Hattem |
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?
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Video: Violence in the City Jails and the Push to Close Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
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 surge in violence.
Justice
City Jails Consider the Use of ‘Less-Than-Lethal’ Weapons
Deborah Cruz and Jarrett Murphy |
It’s not a rubber bullet. It’s not a plastic pellet. It’s a Star-Lite round.
