Reuven Blau
Senior Reporter at THE CITY
Senior Reporter @TheCityNY. Co-author of "Rikers: An Oral History" Denver native.
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2 weeks ago |
thecity.nyc | Reuven Blau
The head of the state prison system has released 151 people early under a new initiative announced to ease a staffing crisis in the aftermath of a wildcat strike by officers who had protested a law limiting their use of solitary confinement.
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2 weeks ago |
thecity.nyc | Reuven Blau
Citing attacks from the Trump administration and overcrowding on Rikers Island, advocates for transgender people behind bars are pushing local lawmakers to codify how transgender detainees are identified and housed in gender-aligned units. In recent months, the White House has tried to force the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to move transgender women back into male units and is forcibly transitioning people by not giving them access to gender-affirming hormone medication.
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4 weeks ago |
thecity.nyc | Reuven Blau
State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Tuesday that lawmakers have a “framework” in place with Gov. Kathy Hochul to adjust the state’s discovery law, which had emerged as a key sticking point in the passage of New York State’s roughly $250 billion budget . “I just briefed my conference, and we’re in a good place,” Heastie, who declined to detail the new agreement, told reporters.
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4 weeks ago |
brownstoner.com | Reuven Blau
by Reuven BlauThis article was originally published on April 10 at 5:28 p.m. EDT by THE CITYThe city’s two juvenile detention centers are plagued with chronic absenteeism, a massive spike in contraband, and a failure to properly report thousands of serious incidents of violence and abuse, according to a new state audit. Close Brooklyn in Your InboxStay up to date with more great news and articles like this one.
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1 month ago |
thecity.nyc | Reuven Blau
The city’s two juvenile detention centers are plagued with chronic absenteeism, a massive spike in contraband, and a failure to properly report thousands of serious incidents of violence and abuse, according to a new state audit. The 46-page review also found that only 53% of the young people surveyed got an initial interview and assessment to determine their basic needs as required within 24-hours by staff at Horizon Juvenile Center in The Bronx and Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brooklyn.
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New York State is currently keeping 404 people in prison simply b/c they have no place to go. That's the only reason they are locked up right now. The state law dictating early releases by DOCCS bars them from being sprung straight into shelters. https://t.co/Y5R2ywS5KY
“I never would have thought they would have reinstated this case,” Mr. Brown said in a conference room in the Bronx offices of the Fortune Society, where he had been slated to start a job on Monday. “I feel as if I’m being pushed back into a sepulcher." https://t.co/czYZf6J1zL