My Shoes to fit, closure of a Brutal Institution
The latest of Closure of Rikers Island, the approach, both in favor of and in opposition to the Borough Based Jails A response to Not leaving Anyone Behind. By Victor M. Herrera Member of Justleadership-CloseRikers Advocate for Criminal and Social Justice Reforms The City Council Hearings of September 5th, 2019 plan on closing Rikers Island and Borough Based Jails was organized with a powerful community engagement of JustleadershipUSA Closerikers Community that included the testimony of the community and as many as 200 of the directly and indirectly impacted however there has been much to consider for the plan as those in favor and in opposition have expressed the differing factors on the reasons for and the need for a starting point of beginning the removal of many of the people still languishing on a penal colony filled with corruption and governmental promotion (New York City Department of Corrections) of violence that is seemingly dismissed by the City ...