The city faces a looming deadline to close Rikers Island in less than three years.
A new report from the Alliance for Safety and Injustice, as well as the Independent Rikers Commission, found victims of crimes overwhelmingly support efforts to that would help shutter Rikers Island by backing investments and reforms for detainees that they believe would help address the root causes of crime.
That includes mental health, drug treatment and diversion; moving incarcerated persons with mental illness and addiction issues into treatment; housing detainees awaiting trial to smaller facilities closer to courts; and funding violence prevention and youth programs.
Dana Kaplan, the senior adviser for the Independent Rikers Commission, and Shakyra Diaz, the chief of federal advocacy at the Alliance for Safety and Justice, joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Thursday to talk about the report and more.