Sentences with phrase «rikers island story»
People brought up the Rikers Island story: in 2012 Goldman Sachs launched a $ 9.6 million social impact bond to lend the City of New York funds to reduce the rate of young criminals returning to prison.
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Corrections Commissioner Joe Ponte is stepping down following a series of devastating stories about his leadership of the increasingly - dangerous Rikers Island jail.
Electricians, plumbers, laborers and many more have shared their stories of ending up with a criminal record or in Rikers Island due to carrying a work tool they bought in a local hardware store.
Kalief's story became one of the most widely - recognized condemnations of the jail system on Rikers Island and the cash bail system in New York City.
As Mark - Viverito laid out her plans for Rikers, she retold the story of Kalief Browder — a young man who was sent to Rikers Island as a teenager and was kept in solitary confinement for most of his time there.
Mr. Lippman pointed to a recent cover story in Crain's about what the city could do with the property on Rikers Island if it razed the jails there.
It's called Time: The Kalief Browder Story and it centers around Kalief and his experience with Rikers Island.