New York City is halfway through a multi-year plan to construct four new jails - one each in the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Queens. These jails will, in theory, substantially decrease the overall incarcerated population and allow the city to close the most notorious prison in the United States: Riker’s Island. However, as construction begins under new mayor Eric Adams, many stakeholders question the efficacy and fairness of the plan. Watch the full video to see all the details on these new borough-based jails.
Further reading:
Curbed NY
https://ny.curbed.com/2019/10/15/20915614/rikers-island-new-york-city-council-borough-jails-smaller
https://ny.curbed.com/2019/7/9/18307769/nyc-rikers-island-closure-borough-based-jails-plan-explained
NYC Dept. of Design & Construction
https://rikers.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/uploads/Q4-2019_Manhattan-JTF_Presentation_12042019.pdf
City of New York
https://rikers.cityofnewyork.us/brooklyn-detention-facility/
https://rikers.cityofnewyork.us/queens-detention-facility/
https://rikers.cityofnewyork.us/bronx-detention-facility/
https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/877-21/mayor-de-blasio-six-firms-compete-build-four-borough-based-jails
Lippman Commission
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b6de4731aef1de914f43628/t/5b96c6f81ae6cf5e9c5f186d/1536607993842/Lippman%2BCommission%2BReport%2BFINAL%2BSingles.pdf
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b6de4731aef1de914f43628/t/5b96c70a4d7a9cea78946166/1536608016167/Justice%2Bin%2BDesign%2BReport.pdf
NYS Div. of Criminal Justice Services
https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/jail_pop_y.pdf
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/nyregion/rikers-island-closing-vote.html
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/07/29/102255617.html?pageNumber=18
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/22/nyregion/rikers-island-plan-de-blasio.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/nyregion/eric-adams-rikers-island.html
The Village Voice
https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/04/11/a-history-of-hell-how-rikers-island-became-a-modern-municipal-abomination/
Vice
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dp59yq/how-rikers-island-became-the-most-notorious-jail-in-america
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/09/new-yorks-high-rise-prisons-what-could-go-wrong
Neighbors United Below Canal
https://www.nubcnyc.com/plans-whitest
No New Jails
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NPW9cNv6AsbKYF_se4d8lIHQ5cyHOvOx/view
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