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private prisons

Don’t Penalize Private Prisons for Scourge of Mass Incarceration

By Ross Marchand

How New York City Plans to Return $3.5 Million to Former Inmates

By Madina Toure

Phil Murphy Names Marcus Hicks As Acting Corrections Commissioner

By Christian Hetrick

NYC Could Be Required to Provide Inmates With Free Telephone Calls

By Madina Toure

New York City Announces Plan to House Inmates According to Gender Identity

By Madina Toure
Rikers Island, New York City's main jail complex, is known as one of the worst prisons in the United States.

NYC Takes First Major Step in Shuttering Notorious Rikers Island Prison Complex

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio greets correction officers at Rikers Island.

De Blasio’s Corrections Commissioner Fined for Misusing City Car

By Madina Toure
Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte and Mayor Bill de Blasio at a roundtable discussion in 2014.

NYC Corrections Chief Blames Bloomberg-Era Officials for His Joyrides on the Public Dime

By Will Bredderman
Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters. (Photo: William Alatriste/New York City Council)

City Investigations Chief Slaps de Blasio Over Attempt to Cover for Corrections Head

By Will Bredderman
A view of the entrance to the Rikers Island prison complex (

Cuomo Calls de Blasio’s 10-Year Timetable for Closing Rikers Island a Cop-Out

By Will Bredderman
The entrance to Rikers Island.

Cuomo: Lack of ‘Political Will’ the Only Thing Stopping de Blasio From Closing Rikers Island

By Will Bredderman
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