Rikers Island
Opinion
Don’t leave people to die from COVID-19 on Rikers Island
The conditions are crowded and unsanitary and the spread inside will eventually get outside.
New York City
Opinion
Rikers Island should get green infrastructure
When Rikers Island closes, use the land to fight climate change, pollution and environmental injustice.
New York City
Personality
Rafael Salamanca on his biggest land use issues
New York City Councilman Rafael Salamanca talks Amazon, homelessness and jails.
Rikers Island
Policy
Díaz criticizes siting of Rikers replacement in South Bronx
Ruben Díaz Jr. wants a replacement Rikers site closer to the courthouse.
Rikers Island
Opinion
Kids can’t survive the NYC Department of Correction
Correction officers should not follow youth off of Rikers Island.
Rikers Island
Policy
Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief, disappointed in de Blasio’s bail response
Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief Browder, criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio’s lukewarm response to a foundation plan to bail out women and minors in New York City.
New York City
Policy
The elected officials opposing the four new jails to replace Rikers
New York City has proposed to build four new jails to replace Rikers in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.
New York City
Policy
Rikers inmates debate policies including pretrial detention
Rikers Island inmates debate program might help incarcerated people re-enter society.
New York City
Policy
Lippman Commission calls for expanding supervised release
Bail reform stalled in the state Legislature this year despite a push from the grassroots to the governor, but the Lippman criminal justice commission is releasing a report saying that New York City doesn’t have to wait until next year to keep more New Yorkers out of jail.
New York City
Opinion
Why New York should eliminate cash bail for smaller crimes
Race, wealth and geography should not determine whether someone is free or locked up.
Rikers Island
Policy
Where people are locked up around NYC
Where people are locked up around New York City. Spoiler alert: Jails are already in your backyard.
Rikers Island
Policy
Nine years to go? Panelists clash over closing Rikers
At a "Is closing Rikers Island a dream or a reality?" forum sponsored by City & State and the New York City Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, players on all sides of the nuanced debate gave their thoughts on closing the jail.
Rikers Island
Opinion
Close Rikers sooner by reforming parole
Minor parole violations shouldn't automatically trigger jail time.
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