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READ MOREIn early November, following reports of increasingly dangerous and inhumane conditions at the city jails on Rikers Island, reporter Kathryn Wylde joined a group of business leaders for a tour of the facilities led by Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.
READ MOREAs Gov. Andrew Cuomo considers the hundreds of bills approved by the Legislature this session, he has the opportunity to make life-saving changes for some of the state’s most underserved and vulnerable individuals by signing into law a handful of criminal justice reform measures.
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