Rikers Jail.

The City's Plan to Shrink the Rikers Island Population

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 14, 2015

Elizabeth Glazer, director of the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice and co-chair of the new task force, talks about a series of reforms to move along court system backlog to reduce the number of people on Rikers Island by 25% in the next ten years.

Other reforms involve easing the burden of low-level summonses on the city's already overloaded justice system. They include a redesign of pink tickets to clarify the legal consequences of ignoring the mandatory court appearance, as well as robocalls and text-message reminders of court dates.

 

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