Furthermore, the “culture of violence” the United States Department of Justice found on Rikers Island is indelibly linked to that location. Sending everyone arrested in New York City to one remote island is a 19th-century solution to a 21st-century problem. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBy closing the huge jail complex on Rikers Island, New York would be able to repurpose the island in a way that benefits all New Yorkers. Rikers Island is an affront to the civic values of New York City. Reforming our jail system and closing Rikers Island is not simply good public policy — it is a moral imperative.

Source: New York Times March 31, 2017 23:26 UTC