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| City plans to reduce Rikers population |
| By The Times Ledger |
| Published: 03/13/2008 |
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NEW YORK - Western Queens elected officials are renewing their call for the city to reduce the number of inmates in Rikers Island, which is located in the Bronx but can only be reached from Astoria, and open correctional facilities in other boroughs. The city Correction Department has been drawing up a plan that would relocate 25 percent of the inmates from Rikers Island to other facilities in the Bronx and Brooklyn in the hopes of lowering costs associated with busing prisoners from Rikers to courts all over the five boroughs, Deputy Commissioner Steve Morello said. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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