Sentences with phrase «based jail system»

De Blasio has said he wants to close Rikers in favor of a «smaller, safer fairer borough - based jail system.»

The new, borough - based jail system, which the commission argues would cut down on transportation and staffing costs while helping to better integrate the justice system back into the community, would cost $ 11.4 billion to build but could save the city $ 1.4 billion annually, according to the report.

During the Bloomberg administration, then - Commissioner Martin Horn had envisioned reestablishing a community - based jail system where inmates were closer to their families, their attorneys and the courts.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city can close the notorious Rikers Island complex in less than 10 years, if Albany passes key criminal justice reforms, as he announced an agreement with the City Council to close Rikers and roll out a smaller borough - based jail system.

«We can now move ahead with creating a borough - based jail system that's smaller, safer and fairer,» de Blasio crowed, announcing that he has secured the support of key City Council members for the scheme.

Not exact matches

The pledge to eventually close Rikers, a proposition once thought to be politically and practically unfeasible, came as an independent commission was about to release a 97 - page report that recommended replacing the jails on Rikers with a system of smaller, borough - based jails, at a cost of $ 10.6 billion.

«With an eye toward a significant reduction in the jail population, including increased use of community - based diversion programs, and policing, bail and speedy trial reform, the #CLOSErikers Campaign is advocating for a much smaller, less expensive, fairer and more humane public safety system in NYC,» Martin said.

Opponents are concerned that the contract to install the video equipment with Securus Technologies, based in Dallas, would have restricted in - person visits at the jail in an effort to guarantee that inmates use the system at least once per person per month, on average.

In this tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup stars as Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system.

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