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Jan 30, 2018
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This Better-Designed Court Summons Is Keeping People Out Of Jail
Jan 29, 2018
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Hello, Your Court Date Is Tomorrow
Jan 25, 2018
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New York City Hires Perkins Eastman to Study Jail Design
Jan 2, 2018
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First Rikers Island Jail to Close in Summer as Part of City’s 10-Year Plan to Shut Down the Complex
Jan 2, 2018
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Rikers Island Jail Closures to Start with George Motchan Detention Center: Department of Correction
Jan 2, 2018
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NYC Takes First Major Step in Shuttering Notorious Rikers Island Prison Complex
Dec 21, 2017
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Reimagining Prison with Frank Gehry
Dec 7, 2017
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Court System Working to Become More Customer Friendly
Nov 22, 2017
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Judges Told to Watch Their Language and Build a Kinder Courtroom in City’s New Program
Nov 21, 2017
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To Reduce Recidivism, New York City Tries a Bold New Approach
Nov 16, 2017
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De Blasio Starts Search for Alternatives to Rikers
Oct 25, 2017
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Debating Risk-Assessment Tools
Aug 29, 2017
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To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding
Jun 22, 2017
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De Blasio to Unveil Plan for Rikers While Warning It ‘Will Not Be Easy’
Mar 15, 2017
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Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, Department of Health Announce Successful Rollout of “Justice-Involved Supportive Housing” Program Stabilizing Individuals Who Frequently Cycle Through Jail And Shelter
Nov 8, 2016
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Making public housing safer
Jul 22, 2016
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Get Juveniles Out of Rikers Island
Jul 21, 2016
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Some Rikers Teens Could be Moved to Bronx Detention Center
Jul 21, 2016
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New York City Plans to Move Adolescents Out of Rikers Island
Jul 21, 2016
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New York City Wants to Move 16- and 17-Year-Olds From Rikers Jail to Bronx Center
Jun 17, 2016
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City Hall funds programs to improve district attorney operations
Jun 15, 2016
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NYCHA will add hundreds of new lights at 15 public housing buildings to reduce crime
Jun 13, 2016
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New NYC Law Lowers Penalties for Minor Offenses
May 12, 2016
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ATMs Come to Courthouses to Help Defendants Make Bail
Apr 8, 2016
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City Takes a Chance on Non-Violent Defendants Struggling to Make Bail
Apr 4, 2016
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Text messages will remind New Yorkers charged with minor crimes of their court appearances
Mar 16, 2016
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Bill de Blasio’s very bright idea: In praise of the mayor’s new NYCHA lighting plans
Mar 2, 2016
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Close Rikers Island? It Will Take Years, Billions and Political Capital
Jan 25, 2016
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Misdemeanor Bills Gather Support
Jan 25, 2016
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Editorial: New York City’s Promising Step on Criminal Justice
Jan 22, 2016
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Easing Up on Low-Level Crimes
Jan 20, 2016
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New York City Is Set to Adopt New Approach on Policing Minor Offenses
Jan 13, 2016
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Editorial: A Smarter Way to Get Guns Off the Street
Jan 12, 2016
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De Blasio to Announce New System Dedicated to Addressing Gun Crime in New York City
Jan 12, 2016
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NYC takes aim at gun violence through new system, including specialized ‘gun court’ in Brooklyn
Oct 15, 2015
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New York City’s Big Idea on Bail
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