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| Chirlane McCray to Lead Effort to Help Female Inmates at Rikers |
| By nytimes.com- Jeffery C. Mays |
| Published: 02/01/2018 |
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Building on efforts to reduce the jail population at Rikers Island, Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce on Thursday a $6 million plan intended to help rehabilitate female inmates, and lessen the chance that they return. The proposal, which was created and will be overseen by Chirlane McCray, the mayor’s wife, calls for improving the frequency and quality of family visits for women at Rikers, and broadening mental health and transitional career counseling. “We know that the children of people who are incarcerated are more likely to be incarcerated themselves,” Ms. McCray said, adding that if the “bond between mother and child is broken or damaged, it has lifelong consequences.” Read More. |
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