According to NYC law, Rikers must close in a year.
The Rikers complex currently houses over 6,500 offenders, including over 3,600 charged with murder, a sex offense, or another violent felony.
The replacement jails—which won't be ready until at least 2032—will only hold 3,300
The facilities that are supposed to replace Rikers would only hold 3,300 detainees—so at least 400 rapists, murderers, and violent felons would have to be put right back on the street.
By law, Rikers must close a year from today.
It currently houses nearly 6,500 offenders, including nearly 3,700 charged with violent crimes.
The replacement jails won't be ready until 2032.
When they are, they'll barely hold half the current population.
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