15 designers and fashioners will educate configuration regarding Rikers Replacement prisons
In October 2019, the City Council endorsed a disputable Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) application for the $8.7 billion intend to build four new littler correctional facilities to supplant the Rikers Island complex. Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx would each get a network prison constructing that the reformists and their supporters in the Mayor's Office for Criminal Justice (MCOJ) called “smaller, safer, and fairer.”
“This is part of a once-in-many-generations opportunity to build a smaller and more humane justice system that includes four facilities that reflect the City’s commitment to dignity and respect,” the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) said at the time. “The new facilities will offer better connections to and space for those detained and t...