'The law is clear that the city must close Rikers and transition to borough-based jails by 2027,' Speaker Adams said.
last week. She pointed to the large number of people held at Rikers with severe mental illness and the 19 inmates who died across the city’s jail system last year as reasons why the island must close sooner rather than later.
The speaker, Lander and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso were all members of the City Council who voted in favor of the plan in 2019. “And the question is, what are you going to do about it?” he asked. “It’s not enough to agree or regurgitate the talking points, especially if you have the power to make a difference.”Photo By Dean Moses
for one of the four borough-based jails set to replace the Rikers facilities after their planned closure. The contract was for the construction of a jail on the site of the current Brooklyn House of Detention, according to published reports. The speaker also emphasized the importance of shrinking the city’s jail population through non-carceral methods such as directing those with mental health issues to treatment, expanding reentry programs that provide job opportunities and supportive housing.suggested on Wednesday that a late completion of the Brooklyn jail
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