For decades, Rikers Island has been a byword for municipal horrors, and an example of the costs of mass incarceration. Can Eric Adams regain control of the island?
By all accounts, the city had lost control of the island—though problems at Rikers are nothing new. For decades, the island’s name has been a byword for municipal horrors, and an example of the costs of mass incarceration. Political neglect, administrative turmoil, and failed attempts at reform have been the norm. Harm to thousands has been the consequence.
Yet beyond de-escalating the situation with the unions, the Adams administration’s plan for Rikers is still mostly undefined. Adams has expressed support for the use of solitary confinement—another of the unions’ top priorities—which he argues is necessary as a deterrent against violence in the jails, despite evidence of the harmful effects solitary has on those forced to endure it. He has also promised to address critical physical-plant issues on Rikers, such as broken doors and locks.
In 2017, de Blasio put his support behind a plan to close Rikers by 2027 and replace it with a network of smaller jails around the city. Adams says that he supports the broad strokes of that plan. But he has also noted that even a successful rollout would keep Rikers in operation for another five years. Can it be fixed in the meantime? No one can say for sure.
This month, in another move cheered by the unions, Molina fired a Department of Correction official who had been trying to clear a mountain of backlogged internal disciplinary cases. The official, Sarena Townsend,that she’d been fired after Molina asked her to “get rid of” two thousand cases. When asked about Townsend’s dismissal at a recent oversight hearing, Molina said, “Accountability through fair and appropriate discipline is essential in this department.
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