A central piece of Mayor Mamdani’s platform was the creation of a Department of Community Safety (DCS) to deliver the evidence-based public health approach to safety our city needs. The DCS would fill gaps and improve coordination of safety-related responsibilities distributed across the New York Police Department, the Department of Health and Ment ...
Holding immigrants in a notorious solitary confinement unit is just part of a broader partnership between ICE and the state to expand mass incarceration.
Detained for 23 hours per day in a dirty prison cell. Held without access to medical care or necessary prescription medications. Locked up, far from home, with limited ability to communicate with lawyers or family members. These are the stories shared by men currently detained at Camp J, a unit that was closed in 2018 due to safety and ...
Case Studies from Three County Prosecutors Leading Fee Reform
Diversion programs offer an effective alternative to prosecution, aiming to connect people with resources, limit their system contact, and avoid convictions and the collateral consequences of incarceration. By reducing recidivism and increasing public safety, diversion programs can achieve better individual outcomes than traditional prosecution. To ...