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Can We Close Rikers?
Can We Close Rikers?
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jan 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
New York City has committed to closing its notorious Rikers Island jail facility by 2027. That could dramatically reorient the city’s approach to incarceration. The plan envisions a citywide jail population of just over 3,000 people. But the population at Rikers has been growing for months, and Rikers itself is engulfed in crisis amidst a … Continue reading Can We Close Rikers? →
Released:
Jan 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
What Victims Really Need: A Conversation with Author and Victim Advocate Susan Herman: Susan Herman, who served for seven years as the executive director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, talks about her book Parallel Justice for Victims of Crime. The following is a transcript ROB WOLF: Hi, I’m Rob Wolf, by New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation