Letter From A Prisoner On New York's Plan To Build New Jails

Shadowproof Member Newsletter - 10/12

New York City lawmakers are expected to cast a critical vote to close Rikers Island prison and invest billions of dollars in new jails in the next week.

In recent weeks, criminal justice reformers—most of whom have massive institutional nonprofit backing—have pushed back on the critiques and analysis of the abolitionists, who are part of the No New Jail…