In this this June 20, 2014, file photo, the Rikers Island jail complex stands in the foreground with the New York skyline in the background.

Ending Mass Incarceration in NYC

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 3, 2017

Jonathan Lippman, former chief judge of New York Court of Appeals, discusses his recommendation to close Rikers Island Correctional Facility. 

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