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A person who is unhoused before incarceration is no less vulnerable after release. But our current policy treats time in jail ...

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The judicial appointment of an outside authority to temporarily run Rikers Island offers a rare opportunity to transform one ...

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will face a third trial in New York in connection to the sexual assault case of ...