Jails

How Could Cook County’s Experience Apply to the New York City Jails

Jails

How Could Cook County’s Experience Apply to the New York City Jails

Vital City Nov. 20 2023

A guard looks toward a Rikers Island sign near a water tower

Jails

Are NYC's Jails Ungovernable?

Vital City Aug. 07 2023

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Jails

The Possibilities and Limitations of Receivership for New York City Jails

Hernandez Stroud Aug. 03 2023

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data

The Rule of Law Applies on Rikers, Too

Elizabeth Glazer Jun. 12 2023

A view of the Rikers Island jail complex across the water

Jails

Dying in Darkness on Rikers Island

Elizabeth Glazer Jun. 02 2023

Stacks of paper files sit behind black bars

Jails

What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You

Elizabeth Glazer, Martha King, Sarena Townsend Apr. 27 2023

A corrections officer stands at a cell block gate with inmates behind bars

History

Locked in a Vicious Cycle: How Past is Prologue at Rikers

Martha King Feb. 15 2023

Homemade shivs and knives displayed pinned to a cork board

data

Can the City’s Jails Be Fixed? Another Year, Scant Progress

Elizabeth Glazer Jan. 27 2023

Hand-drawn tally marks grouped in bundles of five

Jails

State of the Jails: New York City

Vital City Nov. 16 2022

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Jails

The Fatal Cost of Waiting: What Must Happen Now in the City’s Jails

Elizabeth Glazer Jul. 26 2022

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Jails

Boiling the Frog: What is the Way Forward?

Elizabeth Glazer May. 24 2022

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Jails

Fixing New York City's Jails: A Federal Receiver?

Vincent Schiraldi May. 24 2022

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