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Closing Rikers Is the Relatively Easy Part
Original: Closing Rikers Is the (Relatively) Easy Part
New York's plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex by 2027 faces its hardest test not in shutting the facility but in building replacement jails, cutting the jail population and fixing deep dysfunction. Commentators argue the political approval to close Rikers is settled; the real challenge is reducing incarceration and remaking the city's justice system.
Why now: Renewed debate over Rikers' closure deadline and conditions at the troubled jail complex.
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