Its research backs recommendations made in a report by Baroness Corston,
Vulnerable Women in Prison, which called for the UK's 15 women's prisons to be phased out and replaced by small custodial units housing only women who have been jailed for more than two years.
«Speaker Mark - Viverito has worked tirelessly securing justice
in the courts and
prisons, uplifting the voice of young
women and immigrant New Yorkers, and delivering crucial victories for
vulnerable communities
in the last four city budgets,» they said.