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”
Tag: Rikers
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”
LAW & ORDER: Bronx Man Works to Keep his Neighbors Out of Rikers
As a pretrial associate for the New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Bronx native Jordy Torres, 24, witnesses how crime and the criminal justice system strain his… Read more “LAW & ORDER: Bronx Man Works to Keep his Neighbors Out of Rikers”
One Man’s Murder, Another’s Mistake
Two families cope after NYC park employees’ fight turns fatal.