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Open Letter to the Mayor: NIMBY Needn’t Block Plans to Replace Rikers with Jails that Work
David A. Fullard |
A former corrections captain maps out a planning process that to create the community detention facilities New York needs.
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Still Waiting for Rules to Prevent Rape on Rikers
Annamarya Scaccia |
Nearly a year ago, the city’s Board of Correction voted to enact revised guidelines to address high rates of sexual abuse in the city’s correctional facilities. The final rule has encountered a chain a delays.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Is Rikers Island Exporting Knife Violence?
David A. Fullard |
Is the uptick in knife violence on the streets a reflection of the increase in conflict inside the city’s jails?
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Sharpton, Seabrook & Bronx DA Weigh In on Closing Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
Count Rev. Al Sharpton with Mayor de Blasio among the skeptics about the notion of closing Rikers Island.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
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Dem Lawmaker Proposes Major Rikers Change
Daniel J. O'Donnell |
Some want Rikers to close altogether. The mayor says that’s not a realistic goal. But a Manhattan Assemblyman says the de Blasio administration should at least move pre-trail detainees off the island.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
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Shut Down Rikers, and Then What?
Dee Squalé |
What’s really behind the push to close Rikers—whether it’s moral clarity or fiscal concern—will determine whether mothballing the island actually makes New York a more humane place.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
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Pioneer. Reformer. Namesake for a Troubled Jail.
David A. Fullard |
Anna M. Kross broke gender barriers and charted new territory in making city jails humane. But the Rikers facility named in her honor is at the center of the city’s failure to honor her legacy in treating the mentally ill.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Is Council Speaker Opening the Door to Closing Rikers?
Jarrett Murphy |
Melissa Mark-Viverito is launching a commission to look at alternatives. The rationale for—and complexities in—shuttering the island of jails was the focus of a November City & State/City Limits series.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Op-ed: City Needs a Real Plan to Close Rikers, Lest One Failure Replace Another
David A. Fullard |
“Closing Rikers Island is a great idea – but we must have fully operational alternatives in place first, not just some half-baked notions that are destined to fail.”
Closing Rikers
The Perils and Potential of Closing Rikers Island
Ed Morales |
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.
