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A bail bond agency on Baxter Street in New York City.
News March 14, 2019
New York City’s Bail Success Story
Judges have drastically cut back on bail and jail in criminal cases, a new study shows. And defendants are still showing up in court.
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A Special Housing Unit at Onondaga County Justice Center in Syracuse, N.Y.
News March 28, 2018
Rikers Doesn't Put Teens in Solitary. Other New York Jails Do.
Even after the high-profile death of Kalief Browder, jails in the rest of the state routinely isolate juveniles.
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A boy who was segregated and confined at Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center in Wisconsin in 2011 put his hands through the door for shackling before being released from a cell.
News August 1, 2017
Ending Solitary for Juveniles: A Goal Grows Closer
Recent rulings in a half-dozen states signal new momentum.
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News October 17, 2016
Kalief’s Mother on Her Torment
“I miss my son. I miss him so much.”
By The Marshall Project
Venida Browder and her son Kalief Browder circa 2004, on what she remembers as Kalief’s 11th birthday.
Q&A February 17, 2016
What Kalief Browder’s Mother Thinks Should Happen to Rikers
‘There was nothing I could do with him being in there.’
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A bail bonds business is shown near Brooklyn’s courthouse complex and jail in New York, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
News July 8, 2015
Stung by Abuses at Rikers, New York City Acts on Bail Reform
But the new program would not have helped Kalief Browder.
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Commentary June 22, 2015
Kalief Browder was a Good Kid. Should That Matter?
The not-so-nice kids don’t deserve to be brutalized, either.
By Nell Bernstein
News June 9, 2015
No Bail, Less Hope: The Death of Kalief Browder
A system that kept a teenager in Rikers for three years.
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Commentary June 9, 2015
Fixing the Jail Where Kalief Browder was Held
Former corrections chief Martin Horn has some ideas for Rikers Island.
By Martin F. Horn
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