A respected physician who treated thousands of patients on Rikers Island over nearly five years was abruptly banned from the jails in November for his outspoken critiques of Correction Department management, the Daily News has learned.
Personal narratives can help the public understand the benefits of bail reform, but telling these success stories presents its own share of challenges.
New York’s plan to shut down Rikers includes a mandate to flip all unused jail buildings back to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services. But the Department of Correction isn’t giving up a facility it just closed, despite a looming deadline.