De Blasio NYC correction reforms stall amid Rikers crisis
Eleven months into his mayoralty, Mayor de Blasio described New York City’s jails as broken, “dehumanizing” and in unrelenting crisis, and swore he had a “moral obligation” to fundamentally improve them. Eight years later, de Blasio’s proposed fixes are far from complete, and the jail system is a harsher place for detainees to live and for officers and staff to work.
Source: nydailynews.com