Current Events > New York ends 2017 with its lowest prison population since 1982!

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has just announced that the citys prison population has just fallen to the lowest it has been since 1982.

For the first time in 35 years, the amount of Big Apple inmates has fallen to below 9,000, which puts the city on track for a December average of 8,980 people.

This is largely credited to a continuously declining rate of crime and homicides within the city. Additionally, the city waived over 640,000 warrants for New Yorkers who had forgotten to pay fines for low-level offenses, such as spitting and walking a dog without a leash.

Someone who owes a $25 fine should not be arrested and brought down to central booking and spend 20 or 24 hours in a cell next to a hardened criminal. Thats not fair, and thats not justice, said acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric 'Gonzo' Gonzalez

The AP also says that Mayor de Blasio hopes that the falling rate of incarceration will lead to the closure of Rikers Prison, a facility that has racked up a large rap sheet of abuse and corruption allegations over the years.

Full Article: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-york-right-path-number-people-jail-falls-lowest-since-1982/



They say if you can make it in the big apple then you can make it anywhere.

Guess this proves that saying is true.Nr
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