In an announcement derided by correction unions, Mayor de Blasio announced Jan. 2 that a drop in the inmate population would allow him to close one of the nine jails on Rikers Island this summer.
“Every day we are making New York City’s jail system smaller and safer,” he said. “This announcement is an important step in our plan to close Rikers Island and create more community-based facilities to better serve people in custody and our hard-working correctional staff.”
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