Sentences with phrase «reducing jail populations»

Mayor Bill de Blasio touted the numbers as evidence that large cities can reduce jail population and be safe at the same time.

In order for Rikers to fully close, the city needs to reduce its jail population to 5,000, according to the mayor's office.

The plan the mayor outlined aims to reduce the jail population to 5,000 after a decade, which he said would allow the city to relocate all inmates from its famous — and infamous — incarceration island.

Rather than focusing on new facilities to replace Rikers, de Blasio's lengthy report discusses ways to reduce the jail population to 5,000 inmates.

«Wherever we house our jails, we will continue reducing our jail population — as a matter of fairness, justice, and safety.

«Wherever we house our jails, we will continue reducing our jail population — as a matter of fairness, justice, and safety,» said Monica Klein, who did not directly address the idea of closing Rikers.

Alternatively, it could be used to reduce the jail population awaiting trial by more than 40 percent, while leaving the crime rate by defendants unchanged.

Not exact matches

If the jail population can be reduced enough, he said, the city could consider alternatives to Rikers Island.

The mayor set a goal of reducing Rikers» inmate population to 5,000 under his 10 - year plan, with a proposal to replace it with smaller jails across the city.

Elizabeth Glazer, director of the mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, testified that the task force is trying to «implement strategies to reduce the size of the jail population safely.»

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, in her State of the City speech, offered up criminal justice reforms Thursday that she said could sharply reduce Rikers Island's population and realize the «dream» of closing the violence - marred jail complex.

While the population of the city's jails is lower than ever, there has been an increased focus on them, following news stories about brutality at the hands of correction officers, a rise in inmate - on - inmate violence, efforts to end or reduce solitary confinement and a federal lawsuit that alleged a «culture of violence» in the city's jails.

Last month, de Blasio announced plans to close the notorious prison complex in a decade and reduce the city's jail population by about half — down to 5,000 — to make it happen.

The plan would start by reducing the population of the island by about half, from roughly 9,700 inmates to 5,000 inmates, by introducing an array of programs to keep offenders out of jail.

Over the past several years, the jail's inmate population has been significantly reduced to approximately 1,200 inmates by the county's efforts to find safe and cost - effective alternatives to incarceration, such as supervised pre-trial release, credit card bail and other means of supervision.

New Jersey's Bail Reform and Speed Trial Act, [put in effect earlier this year], will largely eliminate bail for minor crimes and is expected to significantly reduce the state's jail population.