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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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  March 06, 2017 Times Ledger

  Weprin, Fortune Society push to keep visitation days in state prisons

  State Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) stood with prison reform advocates on the steps of City Hall against the state’s proposal to reduce the number of allowed visitation days in minimum security jails.

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  March 28, 2017 NY Daily News

  New York State prisons to fight contraband smuggling by banning packages for [incarcerated individuals]

  The state Department of Corrections plans to bar visitors from bringing packages to [incarcerated individuals] to cut down on contraband being brought inside, the Daily News has learned.
  Instead, clothing, books and canned foods will have to be sent through “approved secure vendors."

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  March 16, 2017 Next City

  What dip in high school credential means for NYC employment

  Stanley Richards [Fortune Excecutive Vice President] was one of thousands upon thousands of people who took and passed the General Educational Development (GED) exam in New York state. It put him on the path to earning a college degree while still behind bars.

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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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  January 23, 2017 The Daily Star

  Cuomo clemency decision revives rehabilitation debate

  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to grant clemency to a former Weather Underground activist convicted of felony murder in the killings of two police officers and an armored car guard is invigorating debate over whether criminals who've transformed their lives should be allowed to return to society.

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