NYC vowed to close one of the nation’s worst jails. It isn’t going very well

NYC vowed to close one of the nation’s worst jails. It isn’t going very well

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NEW YORK — Four years ago, New York City Democrats hailed the end of mass incarceration and the horrors that come along with it. They were going to close Rikers Island, one of the nation’s most violent jails. Instead, the population of detainees has grown after reaching a historic low during the…

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