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NYC Announces $7 Billion Design and Construction Contracts for Two Borough-based Jails
Archinect
Jennifer Parish of the Urban Justice Center told the Daily News: "Delaying completion of the Queens and Bronx jails is shameful and unlawful. Mayor Adams is failing in his responsibility to advance the plan to close Rikers."
New York City’s $7 Billion Jail Construction Project Delayed Beyond 2027 Deadline
Digital Chew
“On the Mayor’s watch, 31 people have died and countless others have experienced abuse, neglect, and violence at the Rikers Island penal colony,” commented Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda.‘A Little Perplexed’: Questions Raised Over City’s $4 Billion Contract for Construction of Queens Jail
Queens Eagle
“There is a realistic plan for reducing the jail population to meet the target of fewer than 3,300 individuals incarcerated in city jails, and a critical component is prioritizing decarceration of people with mental health concerns and expanding supportive housing and community mental health supports,” Jennifer Parish, the director of Criminal Justice Advocacy at Urban Justice Center's Mental Health Project.Four Billion Dollars and Four Years Late: Queens Jail is Over Budget and Behind Schedule
Queens Eagle
“There is a realistic plan for reducing the jail population to meet the target of fewer than 3,300 individuals incarcerated in city jails, and a critical component is prioritizing decarceration of people with mental health concerns and expanding supportive housing and community mental health supports,” said Jennifer J. Parish, the director of Criminal Justice Advocacy at Urban Justice Center Mental Health ProjectNYC Increases Number of Detainees To Be Held At Borough-Based Jails That Will Replace Rikers
Gothamist
"Jail chaplain Victoria A. Phillips [of the Mental Health Project], another detainee advocate who signed the letter to the mayor, said women should have their own facility where they don’t risk contact with male detainees."Adams Fought the Lawmakers And The Lawmakers Won
Hell Gate
"In the balcony, the public seats were filled with organizers from Communities United for Police Reform, the Jails Action Coalition [co-founded by the Mental Health Project], and others who had worked for years to get to this moment."Contact
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