NYC Mayor: $130 Million to Revamp Jail Facilities

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1119" src="https://centerforprisonreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/deBlasio124 view publisher site.jpg” alt=”deBlasio124″ width=”200″ height=”133″ />Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a $130 Million plan to revamp the city’s treatment facilities for would-be inmates suffering from mental health or substance abuse issues. With a goal of treatment replacing the current trend of incarceration, it marks a big step for New York City as it begins to repair its troubled criminal justice system.

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