[New York News\# Close Rikers Campaign]
The City Council will vote on Thursday to approve the largest land use action in the history of New York City, which would implement a plan that would shrink the system from 12 jails to four borough-based facilities with improved conditions and permanently reduce the City’s capacity to detain anyone from 15,000 beds to 3,300 — the lowest jail bed count in over 100 years.
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#CLOSE RIKERS ADVOCATES WILL MARCH ACROSS BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO RALLY AT CITY HALL
CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER JOHNSON ANNOUNCES $13.5 MILLION FOR INCARCERATION ALTERNATIVES TO REDUCE JAIL POPULATION
[Criminal Justice News]
City Council Speaker Johnson: “Sending people back to jail because of technical, non-criminal parole violations is senseless. It is unfair to take away one’s freedom just because the person missed a curfew, failed a drug test or missed an appointment with a parole officer. It is inconceivable that we have reduced the City’s jail population, yet the number of people behind bars for technical parole violations is increasing. As we continue to work to close Rikers and reform our criminal justice system, we need to provide parolees with the support they need to return to their communities and thrive.”
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