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.
Closing Rikers
Can NYC Reform Rikers Island Without Replacing it?
Ed Morales |
The jury is still out on whether reforms – segregating the most violent inmates, a crackdown on smuggling, faster use-of-force investigations – will be effective.
Justice
Jailing New York: A Photo Essay
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Read the City & State/ City Limitsseries on “Closing Rikers.”
Closing Rikers
How NYC got Rikers Island and Why it Doesn’t Work
Ed Morales |
Rikers’ physical reality, many agree, is a crucial part of its problem.
bail
Op-ed: Bail Reform Needs a Mental-Health Component
David A. Fullard |
A retired corrections captain writes that without a strong mental-health component, attempts to end financial bail will fail.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Did Rikers Policy Experiment Look at the Right Policies?
Jarrett Murphy |
A first-of-its-kind “social impact bond” project that tried to reduce recidivism among youths jailed on Rikers Island is being hailed as a success even though the results disappointed.
