Special Online Issue
How Many People Should New York City’s Jails Hold?
Everything about Rikers Island and what replaces it depends on the answer
About This Project
Who Gets Locked Up and Why: A Data Story
Vital City
Defining the Challenge
Pick a Number: The Facts and Politics Behind New York City Limiting the Jail Population to 3,300 People
Elizabeth Glazer
What's the Plan?
An Infographic
It’s Tough to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future
Alex R. Piquero
Projecting the Size of the Jail Population — More than Math
Who Winds Up in Jail and Why
An Infographic
New York Needs More Than 3,300 Jail Beds
Charles Fain Lehman
A Jail Population of 3,700 or Lower is Achievable
Michael Rempel
The City's New Jail Population Math
Vital City
What Jail Population Projections Tell You About a Government’s Aspirations
Michael Jacobson and Victoria Lawson
Some Policy Solutions
What Increases or Decreases the Number of People in Jail
An Infographic
Want Smaller Jails? Unstick Criminal Proceedings
Joseph A. Zayas
How Long People Stay is the Problem
Michael Jacobson and Victoria Lawson
Turning the Gears of Justice: A Conversation with Chidinma Ume and Erin Pilnyak
Vital City
Strengthening Supervised Release
Aubrey Fox
Letting More People Await Trial Outside Jail
Miriam Popper
Improving Carceral Care
Patsy Yang
Humanize Every Incarcerated Person
Lauren Stossel
People With Serious Mental Illness Need Housing, Not Jail
Daniel Ades and Virginia Barber Rioja
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