A new youth incarceration system designed to be more humane has not yet become so, advocates said on Thursday, Dec. 6. At a panel discussion sponsored by… Read more “Raise the Age Law Poses Challenges”
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Activists Aim to Stop de Blasio’s Plan for New Jails
New Yorkers opposed to the city’s plan to build four new jails by 2027 said Sunday that the facilities would have a high social and economic cost… Read more “Activists Aim to Stop de Blasio’s Plan for New Jails”
A Life Mostly Spent in Prison Tears a Family Apart
Ronald Giddens had been out of jail for less than seven months when he was detained on a Brooklyn street on December 2, 2013. He was carrying… Read more “A Life Mostly Spent in Prison Tears a Family Apart”