DOC hands over Rikers facility
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"Today marks a historic occasion for ending mass incarceration in our city and re-imagining Rikers Island.”
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First step of borough-based jail program begins in Kew Gardens
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“Closing Rikers Island will make our city stronger and more just.”
Read MoreBOC approves new plan to end solitary
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“These reforms are necessary for a safer and more humane jail system, for people in custody and staff.”
Read MoreWith new DOC commish, mayor says reforms are coming
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After de Blasio tapped a new commissioner to lead the Department of Corrections this week, the mayor promised reforms were on the way.
Read More‘Solitary by another name’: NY lawmakers slam city’s new isolation plan
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“We cannot continue to pretend a system that cages and dehumanizes people corrects or rehabilitates anyone.”
Read MoreNY judge tosses last-ditch lawsuit seeking to block new Queens jail
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“A single ULURP review of the four borough-based jail sites was lawful and rational.”
Read MoreAdvocates and electeds urge NYC to ‘truly’ end solitary confinement
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“The Board of Correction must adopt rules that truly eliminate solitary confinement in a real and meaningful way.”
Read MoreNYC Correction Dept. is concealing records related to heat wave safety, lawsuit charges
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Inmates said they were denied unit transfers and cups of ice in violation of jail policy.
Read MoreKew Gardens jail foes cheer Manhattan judge’s decision to block detention tower
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“The judge said what we’ve been saying all along.”
Read MoreDe Blasio pledges to end solitary confinement in NYC jails
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“Decades of research show that solitary is ineffective, dangerous, and, too often, deadly.”
Read MoreLocal leaders push permanent housing for Fresh Meadows hotel residents freed from Rikers
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Councilmembers Barry Grodenchik and Rory Lancman visited the hotel Wednesday.
Read MoreCalling on NYC correction officers to support justice reforms amid COVID-19 devastation
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“You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.”
Read MoreNearly 240 technical parole violators remain locked up, two months after Cuomo release plan
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“Now in the pandemic, it’s indefensible.”
Read MoreJudges can now order electronic monitoring instead of bail in New York City
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Some Rikers inmates will go home with ankle bracelets
Read MoreSued by correction unions, mayor calls 24-hour Rikers shifts ‘dumb’ mistake
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“In the age of COVID-19, triple shifts may be a death sentence.”
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