Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief, disappointed in de Blasio’s bail response

Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief Browder, criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio’s lukewarm response to a foundation plan to bail out women and minors in New York City.

• By Jeff Coltin
• September 21, 2018

The elected officials opposing the four new jails to replace Rikers

New York City has proposed to build four new jails to replace Rikers in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

• By Kay Dervishi
• August 17, 2018

Rikers inmates debate policies including pretrial detention

Rikers Island inmates debate program might help incarcerated people re-enter society.

• By Zach Williams
• August 8, 2018

Lippman Commission calls for expanding supervised release

Bail reform stalled in the state Legislature this year despite a push from the grassroots to the governor, but the Lippman criminal justice commission is releasing a report saying that New York City doesn’t have to wait until next year to keep more New Yorkers out of jail.

• By Jeff Coltin
• July 9, 2018

Why New York should eliminate cash bail for smaller crimes

Race, wealth and geography should not determine whether someone is free or locked up.

• By Latrice Walker and Joseph Lentol
• June 14, 2018

Bail reform will bring justice

Bail reform: New York must fix our broken pretrial system

• By Joseph Crowley
• April 30, 2018

Is New York City ready to implement Raise the Age?

Unanswered questions seem to jeopardize New York City's ability to meet the Oct. 1 deadline for implementing Raise the Age legislation. The city must remove youthful offenders from Rikers Island and move juvenile offenders to age-appropriate juvenile delinquent facilities.

• By David Gentile
• April 25, 2018

What happens when you’re arrested in NYC

What happens when you’re arrested in New York City

• By Jeff Coltin
• April 9, 2018

Where people are locked up around NYC

Where people are locked up around New York City. Spoiler alert: Jails are already in your backyard.

• By Jeff Coltin
• April 8, 2018

Nine years to go? Panelists clash over closing Rikers

At a "Is closing Rikers Island a dream or a reality?" forum sponsored by City & State and the New York City Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, players on all sides of the nuanced debate gave their thoughts on closing the jail.

• By Jeff Coltin
• March 8, 2018

Close Rikers sooner by reforming parole

Minor parole violations shouldn't automatically trigger jail time.

• By Jonathan Lippman
• February 5, 2018

De Blasio's closing 1 of 9 Rikers jails, but it's "the best one!"

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• By Jeff Coltin
• January 3, 2018

This Week’s Headlines: Dropping crime, dropping off tax prepayments and NYCHA still dropping the ball

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• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• December 29, 2017

Online bail payments in NYC delayed one year

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• By Jeff Coltin
• December 4, 2017

Unfiltered: The best of the Slant podcast

• By City & State
• August 1, 2017