The de Blasio Administration last week released the most-detailed plan yet for replacing the crumbling Rikers Island complex with four borough-based jails that would include shops, community facilities and, in one case, housing.
“The innovative plan envisions facilities that will be fully integrated into the surrounding neighborhoods with community space, ground-floor retail and parking,” Mayor de Blasio said in an announcement Aug. 15. “The planned facilities will also provide a safer environment to work and will allow people in jail to remain closer to their loved ones, as well as offer quality health, education, visitation and recreational services that will help people reintegrate once they return to their communities.”
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