Brooklyn’s borough-based jail facility, one of four facilities expected to replace Rikers Island before the end of the decade, will be larger than originally anticipated, the city revealed this week.
Read MoreIt was one of the first times Mayor Eric Adams, who has often criticized criminal justice reforms passed in the city and state prior to his election, has cast doubt on the city’s efforts to close Rikers Island by 2027, as mandated by city law.
Read More“We have a moment in this city to ensure that the jails that we create reflect the values of humanity.”
Read More“There's no reason to close Rikers Island.”
Read MoreRikers Island is a human rights crisis that the next Council will inherit
Read More“I would not have supported this proposal if I believed that it would have a negative impact on the community that I love.”
Read MoreAn hour before the City Council began to vote in favor of an unprecedented plan to build four new jails, it was business as usual at the courthouse.
Read MoreThe new estimate reflects the expected impacts bail reform and other state criminal justice reform measures on the number of pretrial detainees in the city’s jails.
Read MoreA quirk of community districting gives Queens outsized influence on the final closure of the nine isolated and outdated jails on Rikers.
Read MoreThe proposed jail sizes across the city decreased by an average of 90 feet based on several factors — including a revised jail population estimate.
Read MoreThe proposal comes amid growing pressure from progressive opponents of the plan, which would create a new 1,150-bed jail in every borough but Staten Island.
Read MoreThree Queens councilmembers flat-out say they will vote against the plan.
Read MoreWhere do New York City Council members stand on the jail plan?
Read More“A 1500 person jail anywhere in Queens in unacceptable.”
Read MoreThe city’s borough-based jail proposal would construct a 1,500-bed jail 126-02 82nd Ave, on the former site of the Queens House of Detention.
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