A growing crisis on the Rikers Island correctional center includes unstaffed areas, endless quarantines and a decline in general services for inmates, according to reports in the New York Post, New York Daily News and other media outlets.
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Nearly 40 individuals had been infected with the coronavirus at the Rikers Island complex and nearby jails as of March 22.
Read MoreMore than 20 New York City providers of education, training and reentry services to justice-impacted people are urging local community boards to approve of the City’s plan to close the Rikers Island jails and build a smaller system of facilities in the boroughs.
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Rikers Island has warehoused some of New York’s most infamous criminals since opening in 1932, at one time or another hosting such notorious inmates as David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz, John Lennon murderer Mark David Chapman and even Sex Pistols raconteur Sid Vicious.
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The City of New York has plans to replace detention facilities at Rikers Island with four modern, community-based jails throughout the city.
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The Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform issued an update to its April 2017 report that indicated that Rikers Island could be replaced by correctional facilities within the neighboring boroughs three years ahead of originally projected.
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New York City agencies have signed a $7.5 million contract with the global architecture firm Perkins Eastman to plan and design new correctional facilities to replace the complex on Rikers Island.
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Closure of the first jail on Rikers Island will take place this summer.
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The Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform issued a report on April 2 calling for the complex’s permanent closure.
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New York officials have big plans for the Rikers Island jail complex, as the jail site continues to be under scrutiny.
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