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  April 05, 2017 Manhattan Times

  Relief after re-entry

  A new federal bill named for Kalief Browder, who committed suicide after incarceration on Rikers Island, is designed to improve mental health services for those re-entering society after serving jail time.

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  April 03, 2017 The Normangee Star

  City vows to close Rikers

  Mayor de Blasio vowed at a news conference in the City Hall rotunda to close Rikers Island within a decade. Mark-Viverito commissioned a report a year ago on the possibility of closing Rikers.

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  April 03, 2017 Fox5 NY

  Members of Commission calling for Rikers closure

  Why was Rikers Island in need of closure, and what are the next steps now that it is? Our Executive Vice President, Stanley Richards, and Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, explain all this and more.

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  April 03, 2017 Independent Commission on NYC Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform

  A more just New York City

  For more than 20 years, New York City has successfully driven down both crime and incarceration. Here's the 92-page report from the chairman of Independent Commission on NYC Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform, Jonathan Lippman to close Rikers Island jail facility.

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  April 02, 2017 PIX11

  New report shows what closing Rikers Island means for NYC

  Members of the Independent Commission on NYC Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform shared a stage with district attorneys from across the five boroughs and elected officials at John Jay College to talk about what shutting down Rikers would mean for the city.

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