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Researching Mass Incarceration and Prison Abolition
A guide created to assist those who wish to identify resources on mass incarceration and prison abolition. This guide highlights selected New York-specific events and sources.
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Recent New York News & Related Documents
Recent New York News & Related Documents
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Reform, Bills, Budgets
Prison reform advocates push for passage of oversight bills
Staff, Spectrum News (Aug 12, 2025)
Funding Boost Could Fulfill City’s Pledge to Expand Housing for New Yorkers Who Cycle Between Shelter and Jail
Jeanmarie Evelly, City Limits (Aug 14, 2025)
Trump Targets Bail Reform in Latest Threat to New York’s Federal Funding
Chris Gelardi. NY Focus, (Aug. 26, 2025)
19 States Have Expanded Medicaid for People Exiting Incarceration, Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars. New York Isn’t One of Them.
Jie Jenny Zou, NY Focus (Jul 3, 2025)
Related Reports:
ATI Reentry Coalition June 2025 Funding Request
Vera Institute,
A Look Inside the FY 2026 New York City Fiscal Year 2026 Preliminary Budget
(Feb. 2025)
Vera Institute,
Rightsizing the New York City Department of Correction While Helping a Struggling Workforce
(May 1, 2024)
Data Collaborative for Justice Report: Bail reform in NYC
(March 2023
)
Rikers
Rikers Worker Sprayed Air Freshener While Feces-Smeared Man Neared Death in Cell
Reuven Blau, The City (Sep 25, 2025)
Some Rikers Detainees Are Illegally Isolated, Lawsuit Says
Hurubie Meko, New York Times (Sep 22, 2025)
Federal judge rules ICE cannot operate at Rikers Island
Isabel Soisson, Fox 5 NY (Sep 8, 2025)
Rikers Detainee Death Raises Questions About Ongoing Oversight Failures
Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times (Sep. 4, 2025)
3 NYC corrections officers suspended following death of man incarcerated at Rikers Island
Staff, AP (Aug. 28, 2025)
A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
Sahalie Donaldson, City & State NY (Aug 26, 2025)
3 NYC Corrections Officers Suspended Following Death of Man Incarcerated at Rikers Island
Staff, Associated Press (Aug. 2025)
New York’s Rikers Island: Life and Death Inside the Jaws of Hell
Will Pavia, The Times (UK) (Aug. 2025)
A Decade of Failure, Futility, and Violence on Rikers Island
Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Magazine (Intelligencer) (June 2025)
Judge strips NYC of full authority over Rikers Island, citing ‘unprecedented’ violence
Jake Offenhartz, AP (May 13, 2025)
Related Reports:
City of New York, A Roadmap to Closing Rikers
Correctional Association of New York (CANY), Dashboard: Deaths in Custody
NYC Board of Correction, Reports & Updates on Jail Oversight (ongoing updates including borough-based jails and more)
Independent Rikers Commission (Lippman Commission) — A Path Forward: Blueprint to Close Rikers Island (Mar. 2025)
NYC Government -- Monitor’s Reports for Nunez settlement
Board of Correction — Borough-Based Jails Progress Report (Jan. 1, 2025)
Board of Correction, City of New York, Second Report and Recommendations on 2024 Deaths in New York City Department of Correction Custody (Dec. 30, 2024)
ICE and Immigrant Detention in NY
Rikers Officer Shared Info With ICE in Sanctuary Violation, Probe Finds
Gwinne Hogan, The City (Sep 25, 2025)
Judge orders ICE to improve conditions after NYC immigration detainees complain of mistreatment
Michael Sisak, AP (Aug 12, 2025)
Related Reports:
Attorney General Letitia James pushes for legal action against ICE abuses at 26 Federal Plaza (Aug. 19, 2025)
Press Release by Sen. Andrew Gounardes
(July 14, 2025), urging an end to ICE’s use of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn
Department of Homeland Security
, reports over 6,000 detainer requests lodged in NYC, a 400 % increase
New York State
Five Sleepy Minutes With New York’s Jail Watchdog
Chris Gelardi, Focus (Sep 25, 2025)
Staffing shortages persist at New York prisons, 6 months after strike
Spencer Conlin, Spectrum News (Sep. 8, 2025)
New York’s Prison Guard Strike Ended Months Ago. For Some, Life-Threatening Effects Persist.
Rebecca McCray, The Marshall Project (Jul 26, 2025)
Four Months After Guard Strike, Prison Staffing Crisis Persists
Chris Gelardi. NY Focus, (Jul. 22, 2025)
Related Reports:
New York State Office of Employee Relations (OER),
Report on Corrections Officers Strike
(Feb–Mar 2025) (May 9, 2025
)
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