Sentences with phrase «inmate populations decrease»
The New York State Department of Community and Correctional Supervision has claimed that as crime rates decline and inmate populations decrease, taxpayers can not afford to continue paying for empty prison beds.
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New York's prison population is decreasing, but the number of inmates age 50 and over rose 46 percent from 2007 to 2016, and the state must adjust its policies to meet the unique needs of this population, according to a report issued today by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.
De Blasio, who has said his administration continues to put plans in place to decrease the population in Rikers Island and install several reforms at the jail, said the speaker's plan, first laid out during her State of the City address last week, lacked detail and reasonable options for housing the approximately 10,000 inmates currently detained at the troubled jail.