EPISODE · Jan 25, 2022 · 34 MIN

Can We Close Rikers?

from New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation · host Center for Justice Innovation

New York City has committed to closing its notorious Rikers Island jail facility by 2027. That could dramatically reorient the city’s approach to incarceration. The plan envisions a citywide jail population of just over 3,000 people. But the population at Rikers has been growing for months, and Rikers itself is engulfed in crisis amidst a historic spike in deaths. What are the prospects for finally getting Rikers closed? Full show notes

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