Jails

Back shot of a person facing a sign entitled "you are now entering Rikers Island"

History

The Limits of Litigation

Meg Egan Oct. 16 2024

Two inmates play a game of checkers at a table

The Way Forward

Can A Receiver Bring Enduring Change for the Better?

Sara Norman, Hernandez Stroud, Zachary Carter Oct. 16 2024

Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito discuss their plan to shut the Rikers Island Prison Complex during a news conference at New York City Hall in New York

The Way Forward

Now Comes the Hard Part

Dana Kaplan Oct. 16 2024

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data

The State of New York City’s Jails, Mid-2024

Vital City Sep. 05 2024

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Jails

The Public Square

Ted Alcorn Mar. 27 2024

An incarcerated worker tends a bread conveyor in a jail bakery

data

What Increases or Decreases the Number of People in Jail

An Infographic Mar. 12 2024

An ornate courthouse rotunda ceiling with murals and a large chandelier

Some Policy Solutions

Want Smaller Jails? Unstick Criminal Proceedings

Joseph A. Zayas Mar. 12 2024

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About This Project

Could Our Jails Be a Civic Asset?

Elizabeth Glazer, Greg Berman Mar. 12 2024

A woman walks past jail rules stenciled on a wall in English and Spanish

Some Policy Solutions

How Long People Stay is the Problem

Michael Jacobson, Victoria Lawson Mar. 12 2024

Empty benches fitted with metal restraint rings, image faded and hazy

data

Who Gets Locked Up and Why: A Data Story

Vital City Mar. 12 2024

Pedestrians cross a busy Chinatown intersection past yellow taxis

Some Policy Solutions

Letting More People Await Trial Outside Jail

Miriam Popper Mar. 12 2024

A large jail complex seen from the water, waves in the foreground

data

What's the Plan?

An Infographic Mar. 12 2024

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