January 20, 2022
Special ReportBail reform, roll backs to that legislation, and the COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented changes in jail incarceration across New York State. Use this tool to understand these shifts at the state and county levels.
February 18, 2021
Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) researchers collected data on the number of people in local jails and state and federal prisons throughout 2020 and into spring 2021. Vera researchers estimated the incarcerated population using a sample of approximately 1,600 jail jurisdictions, 50 states, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshals Service (U ...
Deaths in New York City jails nearly tripled last year’s total.
Under former Mayor Eric Adams, 48 people died in New York City jails or immediately upon release from Department of Correction (DOC) custody. Any death is a tragedy—but 48, which may in fact be an undercount, represents a complete failure of the city to keep incarcerated people safe.For decades, Rikers Island has been dysfunctional and traumatizing ...