CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Time to Improve and Embrace the Plan to Close Rikers Island
Janos Marton |
‘Rikers Island has been a human rights atrocity since the 1930s, and we are closer than ever to closing it.’
community engagement
Who’s Advising the City on its New Jails Plan?
Jarrett Murphy |
There’s a Neighborhood Advisory Council in each of the four boroughs where the de Blasio administration plans to build a new jail facility to facilitate the closing of Rikers Island. Here’s what we know about their membership.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Mr. Mayor, it is Not Progressive to Build Cages for Humans
Justin C. Cohen and Kei Williams |
‘Nothing sends a bigger signal that the city is cravenly committed to a system of mass incarceration than the construction of giant new jails in the city’s thriving neighborhoods.’
Agenda 2019
Agenda 2019: Eyes Are on Senate Democrats and 3 Key Criminal Justice Reforms
Harry DiPrinzio |
Reforms to the bail system, evidence-sharing rules and speedy-trial requirements are at the top of the reform agenda—and will shape the city’s ‘close Rikers’ efforts as well.
Bronx
Most Opponents of Proposed Bronx Jail Want No Jails, Period
Harry DiPrinzio |
While many Bronx politicians oppose the specific site the mayor has targeted for a new facility to partly replace Rikers Island, a vocal coalition of protesters is calling for an end to jails and policing as we know it.
ACS
The Kids are Leaving Rikers. Is it Really a New Day for Juvenile Justice in NYC?
Harry DiPrinzio |
Not so fast. With Raise the Age going into effect this week, the city’s 16- and 17-year-olds in custody are just moving from one jail to another.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Audio: City Limits’ Harry DiPrinzio on ‘The Jail Next Door’
Jarrett Murphy |
What lessons do the 14 detention facilities already in city neighborhoods have for the debate over where to put new ones? Our reporter and a veteran Bronx advocate weighed in on the air.
bail
Max & Murphy: Criminal Justice Reform Has a Long Way to Go
Jarrett Murphy |
Two veteran advocates for the arrested, the incarcerated and the recently released say that from bail reform to parole, Rikers to homeless shelters, the criminal justice system continues to damage people at high cost to taxpayers.
Justice
Video: Top Advocate Says Cuomo, De Blasio Both Can do More to Close Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
In the wake of a state budget that whiffed on criminal justice reform, Gov. Cuomo has continued to chide Mayor de Blasio for sticking to a 10-year timeline for closing Rikers Island that the governor believes is too slow.
Brooklyn
Video: Council’s Lancman on Next Steps to Close Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
Also: Marking the anniversary of Malcolm X’s death.
