{"id":528897,"date":"2022-12-18T02:28:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-replace-rikers-fantasy-ignores-the-real-problem\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T02:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:28:59","slug":"the-replace-rikers-fantasy-ignores-the-real-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-replace-rikers-fantasy-ignores-the-real-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"#The replace-Rikers fantasy ignores the real problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e6e6c97fc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e6e6c97fc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-replace-rikers-fantasy-ignores-the-real-problem\/#%E2%80%9CThe_replace-Rikers_fantasy_ignores_the_real_problem%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The replace-Rikers fantasy ignores the real problem&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_replace-Rikers_fantasy_ignores_the_real_problem%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The replace-Rikers fantasy ignores the real problem&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/010218rikerisland35MATT.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The 19th detainee death at Rikers Island this year (after 16 in 2021) is a clear signal that the jail\u2019s culture needs changing \u2014 yet far too many of the city\u2019s political powers are focused on the impossible plan to replace Rikers entirely with four borough-based facilities, or (worse yet) on ham-handed efforts to write rules to somehow fix the troubled system.<\/p>\n<p>Correction Commissioner Louis Molina is bent on changing that culture of violence and managerial dysfunction, even as he gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>les with understaffing and the complex\u2019s physical deterioration. That inmates keep dying of drug overdoses, suicide and at the hands of other inmates shows he still has a long way to go.<\/p>\n<p>One good sign: A federal judge just OK\u2019d circumventing civil-service laws, so the city can hire wardens from outside the Corrections Department. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019ll let Molina bring in more professionals with demonstrated expertise and steeped in modern jail-management \u2014 and end the chaos left after many correction officers called in sick for much of the pandemic, forcing those willing to show up to work <em><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le<\/em> shifts. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, another guard pleaded guilty to official misconduct for lying and filing a false report when he was caught not showing up for work. Last month, a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/i-brought-in-contraband-ex-rikers-guard-describes-how-he-smuggled-drugs-into-troubled-nyc-jail\">now-ex-Rikers guard confessed<\/a> to taking bribes and sneaking contraband \u2014 marijuana and K2 \u2014 into city jails.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>For years, then-Mayor bill de Blasio and jail reformers insisted that reducing the inmate population would make the jails more manageable. In reality, it hasn\u2019t. And the allied drive to replace Rikers is at best a distraction, encouraging poor maintenance of the jails the city actually has and banishing the far more practical solution of putting up new buildings on the island.  <\/p>\n<p>Not to mention that planned new jails in four boroughs would only hold a total population of 3,300, when the city\u2019s now detaining about 6,000 and expects to hit 7,000 by 2024, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-city-council-oversight-hearing-today-on-effort-to-improve-conditions-on-rikers-island\/\">per Molina\u2019s testimony<\/a> to the City Council last Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Even in the unlikely event that all four new jails get built, shuttering Rikers would require springing thousands sent there <em>despite<\/em> the laxity of the no-bail laws. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the council pushes bright ideas like completely ending solitary confinement. Far better to figure out how to clear the backlog in the city\u2019s court system \u2014 and how to speed up Molina\u2019s reforms. <\/p>\n<p>And the entire political establishment needs to drop the replace-Rikers fantasy.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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