Detainees moved out of NYC’s lone private jail as federal contract expires
/The Queens Detention Facility’s federal contract ended March 31.
Read MoreThe Queens Detention Facility’s federal contract ended March 31.
Read MoreA 2019 federal contract to operate the Queens jail is potentially worth $313,281,779.
Read More“We are not in a position to do daily testing in facilities where federal prisoners are housed.”
Read More“We don’t want to lose lives.”
Read MoreA new Assembly bill that would prohibit the operation of private prisons on state property will have no impact on New York City’s lone private jail, a facility located amid an industrial zone in Jamaica.
Read MoreAssembly Member Ari Espinal introduced a slate of bills designed to solidify hate crime laws and erode privatization in the criminal justice system this week.
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